tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1180636554808519203.post7804621686421084085..comments2023-04-26T10:38:02.064-05:00Comments on The Last Laugh: A Start Toward Postdarwinism?Laughing Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00577758021496425133noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1180636554808519203.post-22847231874062223722010-02-27T01:56:23.640-05:002010-02-27T01:56:23.640-05:00Such as?
In my reading, which I admit is on a pop...<i>Such as?</i><br /><br />In my reading, which I admit is on a popular level (Panda's Thumb, The Blind Watchmaker, etc.), I'm told, for example, of how the eye was formed from a light-sensitive patch which, over time developed all the complex features of the modern mammalian eye. No evidence is given to support the theory, but I am supposed to be convinced by a speculative story. I'm told that minor modifications in beak sizes and moth coloration, for example, should be all the evidence I need to accept that such small changes, given time, would accumulate to produce vast changes. But this is just more unsupported anti-empirical speculation.<br /><br />But these are just general gripes. Something more specific might help to make my perspective clear. I had the idea of going through "The Blind Watchmaker" again and, for each one of his examples, posting what I think are the loose ends. This would take a lot of time, but it might be interesting. Would anyone be up for that? Do you have a copy of that book?<br /><br /><i>the opposing theories just don't stack up against it</i><br /><br />Should I accept Darwinian Evolution over my own objections simply because I don't have alternative? I don't think so." I don't know" is a valid option. "I'm holding out for a more logical proposal" is a valid option.<br /><br />What opposing theories are you aware of? Creationism and ID are not the only competitors to Darwinism.Laughing Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00577758021496425133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1180636554808519203.post-50088574659219436052010-02-27T00:16:28.350-05:002010-02-27T00:16:28.350-05:00"or are you just making a general statement?&..."or are you just making a general statement?"<br /><br />Yep. Just generalizing.<br /><br />From glancing over a few reviews, I got the impression that its main point was that natural selection is incapable of selecting. Perhaps that isn't what the book is trying to say.CRLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09236470207500674153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1180636554808519203.post-52795625210086008532010-02-26T04:18:00.449-05:002010-02-26T04:18:00.449-05:00LB said: It's garbage that is considered by to...LB said: It's garbage that is considered by too many people to be the defacto industry standard, and a person just hates to see that happen.<br /><br />I think it's the 'industry standard' because there's a great deal of evidence to support it - and that the opposing theories just don't stack up against it.<br /><br />LB said: It's somewhat reasonable, but to me it has too many loose ends to be compelling.<br /><br />Such as?CyberKittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394155516712665665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1180636554808519203.post-63474777317383861142010-02-26T00:03:34.044-05:002010-02-26T00:03:34.044-05:00what it is about Darwinian Evolution that annoys a...<i>what it is about Darwinian Evolution that annoys and upsets so many people.</i><br /><br />For me, the annoyance is much like the annoyance I have with Microsoft Word. It's garbage that is considered by too many people to be the defacto industry standard, and a person just hates to see that happen.<br /><br /><i>it comes across as a very reasonable explanation for the diversity of life on Earth</i><br /><br />It's somewhat reasonable, but to me it has too many loose ends to be compelling.<br /><br /><i>How creationists see Darwin worship anywhere baffles me entirely</i><br /><br />Are you saying this reviewer is a creationist, or that the book's authors are, or are you just making a general statement?<br /><br />I think the reviewer has in mind the recent hullabaloo surrounding the 150th anniversary of TOoS rather than any worshipfulness in larger society, where Darwinism is not widely respected (to larger society's credit).<br /><br /><i>its basic premise, that natural selection, and, by extension, microevolution</i><br /><br />Neither have I, but I doubt they contend that microevolution does not occur. I also doubt they say natural selection doesn't occur, just that it can't account for the diversity we observe.Laughing Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00577758021496425133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1180636554808519203.post-28393347295313481242010-02-25T20:00:14.846-05:002010-02-25T20:00:14.846-05:00"...current culture of Darwin worship"
..."...current culture of Darwin worship"<br /><br />How creationists see Darwin worship anywhere baffles me entirely, when evolutionists can look at the same population and see a culture of ignorance and bible worship. What is it about human nature that makes us want to believe that 'the enemy' surrounds us?<br /><br />I haven't read the book, but its basic premise, that natural selection, and, by extension, microevolution, does not occur, is fatally flawed. (unless you would like some 1970 flu vaccine?)CRLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09236470207500674153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1180636554808519203.post-41007117184767373282010-02-25T07:57:59.926-05:002010-02-25T07:57:59.926-05:00I can't help but wonder what it is about Darwi...I can't help but wonder what it is about Darwinian Evolution that annoys and upsets so many people. <br /><br />From what I know of it, it comes across as a very reasonable explanation for the diversity of life on Earth.CyberKittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394155516712665665noreply@blogger.com