Re: we have witnessed no new species emerge in the wild? (was Schutzenberger)

From: Chris Cogan (ccogan@telepath.com)
Date: Tue Oct 31 2000 - 15:04:27 EST

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    > >SJ>Kelly's book "Out of Control" is subtitled "The New Biology of Machines".
    > >>It is about *artificial* life and deals extensively with computer
    > simulations
    > >>of evolution, which is after all what this thread started by Wesley was
    > >>about.
    > >>
    > >>The book was urged on me by a former Reflectorite who was atheist
    > evolutionist
    > >>as evidence for evolution. I was surprised when I read it how
    > devastating it
    > >>is *against* Darwinism!
    >
    > >CC>The fact that he made such a mistake as he did in the passage you so
    > >>blindly quoted
    >
    >I actually *have* the book in front of me and Chris can't even find his
    >copy, yet Chris just
    >*asserts* I have "blindly quoted" it, because he doesn't agree with it!
    >
    >Maybe when Chris does locate his copy he can read it and get back with
    >*evidence* that I
    >have "blindly quoted" it?
    Chris
    I meant that you blindly quoted it without checking to see if the passage
    you quoted was in fact *true*. Since several instances of speciation have
    been recorded (and a few have been discussed on this list), it's simply
    empirically false.



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