Re: [asa] Fwd: Denyse reviews Collins

Think "boundary and initial conditions". No double talk, just simple
science.

On Nov 29, 2006, at 8:06 PM, Alexanian, Moorad wrote:

> Your characterization of evolutionary theory sounds like mere
> double talk to me. A physicist would say that given a system with
> known dynamical laws; the system would develop in time given some
> initial condition. However, without specifying the initial
> condition and the dynamical laws that govern the temporal behavior
> of the system, the statement is too general to be of any scientific
> value.
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> Evolutionary theory does not predict any selection force, only
> acknowledges that they exist and finds them centrally influential
> in the evolutionary process. JimA
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> Alexanian, Moorad wrote:
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> Mass extinctions are historical events that are not explainable by
> evolutionary theory since the theory was not able to predicate
> them. Do all the suicides committed have something to do with
> evolution? Let us not lose our commonsense by adhering too strongly
> to particular worldviews.
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> Moorad
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> To: Alexanian, Moorad
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> On Nov 29, 2006, at 5:59 AM, Alexanian, Moorad wrote:
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> I am not defending ID but exposing the fallacy of your argument
> against
> it since your arguments apply equally to Darwinian Theory of
> evolution.
> The theory of how the dinosaurs became extinct by a meteor impact
> in the
> Yucatan peninsula http://www.redorbit.com/news/display/?id=747011#
> has
> nothing to do with evolutionary theory. If Newton did not know
> how the
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> To state that mass extinctions have nothing to do with evolution
> ignores the relevance of such instances on understanding why there
> are no more dinosaurs left in our day and age. So yes, extinction is
> distinctly an evolutionary mechanism as it affects the species.
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> solar system came into being, evolutionary theory certainly does not
> explain that either from the assumptions evolutionary theory makes.
> Similarly, with all the examples you give. Get real man!
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> Of course evolution does not explain that which it cannot explain.
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