Re: Evolution is alive and well

Terry M. Gray (grayt@lamar.colostate.edu)
Wed, 7 Oct 1998 12:37:08 -0600

Moorad Alexanian wrote:

>I fail to see how evolutionary theory is a la par with basic physics. That
>sort of comparison pretends a scientific respectability for evolutionary
>theory which it clearly does not possess.

Here's the comparison that Bill and the Science writers were trying to make:

Weather is to basic physics what evolution is to basic biology.

Fair enough?

Trememdous strides in understanding phenomena at the basic levels don't
give the answers to complex phenomena.
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