Re: Earth's oldest rocks found in Quebec

On Sep 28, 6:51 pm, spintronic <spintro...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sep 28, 6:04 pm, Ye Old One <use...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sun, 28 Sep 2008 09:04:44 -0500, "adman" <g...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Act like a moron or talk like a moron and you get called a moron.

Yes but I'd still like to prefix with "Ye Old".

"Ye Old Moron", kinda suits you.

Ad Hominem Alone; Your claim fails.

Evolution is a Fact and a Theory
by Laurence Moran

When non-biologists talk about biological evolution they often
confuse
two different aspects of the definition. On the one hand there is the
question of whether or not modern organisms have evolved from older
ancestral organisms or whether modern species are continuing to
change over time. On the other hand there are questions about the
mechanism of the observed changes... how did evolution occur?
Biologists consider the existence of biological evolution to be a
fact.
It can be demonstrated today and the historical evidence for its
occurrence in the past is overwhelming. However, biologists readily
admit that they are less certain of the exact mechanism of evolution;
there are several theories of the mechanism of evolution.

[...]

Well evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories
are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing
certainty.
Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that
explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists
debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of
gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't
suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And
humans evolved from ape-like ancestors whether they did so
by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be
discovered.
- Stephen J. Gould, " Evolution as Fact and Theory"; Discover,
May 1981

[...]

Let me try to make crystal clear what is established beyond
reasonable doubt, and what needs further study, about evolution.
Evolution as a process that has always gone on in the history of
the earth can be doubted only by those who are ignorant of the
evidence or are resistant to evidence, owing to emotional blocks
or to plain bigotry. By contrast, the mechanisms that bring
evolution about certainly need study and clarification. There are
no alternatives to evolution as history that can withstand critical
examination. Yet we are constantly learning new and important
facts about evolutionary mechanisms.
- Theodosius Dobzhansky "Nothing in Biology Makes
Sense Except in the Light of Evolution", American Biology
Teacher vol. 35 (March 1973) reprinted in Evolution versus
Creationism, J. Peter Zetterberg ed., ORYX Press, Phoenix
AZ 1983

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/evolution-fact.html

Andre

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