Moorad
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From: David Campbell <bivalve@mailserv0.isis.unc.edu>
To: Moorad Alexanian <alexanian@uncwil.edu>
Date: Monday, May 31, 1999 3:50 PM
Subject: Re: The origin of scientific thinking
>>I have not followed the details of the origin of intelligence discussion,
>>but isn't the major difference between Scripture and evolutionary theory
>>that whereas in the former there may be a degradation of human behavior
and,
>>perhaps, intellect while in the latter it is totally the opposite? It
seems
>>to me that Scripture makes it clear that man was in the very presence of
God
>>and was able to communicate with Him. If true, we have come a long way
from
>>that situation to the present one where now man wonders why God is hiding
>>behind the creation so silently.
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>In addition to the relative vagueness in the Bible about Adam and Eve's
>condition, evolution gives no guarentee of "progress". Average human brain
>size has decreased over the past few tens of thousands of years, though
>this is only very weakly connected with intelligence. We're also generally
>less strong in the jaws and teeth, though probably more skilled at cooking.
>Is this progress or regress (or congress)? Evolution allows me to say
>that my ancestors were more evolutionarily successful than those
>contemporaries who have no living descendants. If I have enough
>information, I might be able to pinpoint some of the reasons for this
>differential success. However, the question of whether we are better or
>not is unclear.
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>David C.
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