Jim Bell on Glenn's use of evidence.

lhaarsma@OPAL.TUFTS.EDU
Thu, 05 Sep 1996 13:30:31 -0400 (EDT)

Jim, maybe I'm mis-reading you, but your argument against Glenn's
use of evidence looks (to me) something like this:

The evidence you (Glenn) cite for support does not really support
your theory because other experts cite it to support a DIFFERENT
theory.

To which I respond, "Huh?"

It seems to me that the artifacts Glenn describes are evidence for
"a greater degree of humanity, earlier than previously thought."

That matches Glenn's predictions. It ALSO matches "emergent
humanity" --- a concept which Glenn rejects for hermeneutical,
not anthropological, reasons. Just because most experts favor
the latter doesn't mean that Glenn can't also use it to support
his theory.

Hope I haven't misread this too badly.

Loren Haarsma