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re: Faith in "Science" = "man made religion" (Evolution related)
Posted on 7/28/14 at 9:39 pm to The Dutch Oven
Posted on 7/28/14 at 9:39 pm to The Dutch Oven
Whe they see statements such as these its easy to see why they may be conflicted
“The idea that one can go to the fossil record and expect to empirically recover an ancestor-descendant sequence, be it of species, genera, families, or whatever, has been, and continues to be, a pernicious illusion.”
Gareth J. Nelson
For those who are wondering... Nelson is Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne, where he teaches botany and has written several books on evolution. He is retired from the American Museum of Natural History wher he worked for more than 30 years
“The idea that one can go to the fossil record and expect to empirically recover an ancestor-descendant sequence, be it of species, genera, families, or whatever, has been, and continues to be, a pernicious illusion.”
Gareth J. Nelson
For those who are wondering... Nelson is Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne, where he teaches botany and has written several books on evolution. He is retired from the American Museum of Natural History wher he worked for more than 30 years
This post was edited on 7/28/14 at 9:40 pm
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Posted on 7/28/14 at 9:44 pm to mattloc
For every one scientist that you find that has his doubts or personal convictions regarding evolution..at least twenty just as knowledgeable and dedicated to the field are convinced that it indeed has and continues to occur
I'm just saying
I'm just saying
This post was edited on 7/28/14 at 9:50 pm
Posted on 7/28/14 at 10:22 pm to mattloc
quote:
“The idea that one can go to the fossil record and expect to empirically recover an ancestor-descendant sequence, be it of species, genera, families, or whatever, has been, and continues to be, a pernicious illusion.”
Gareth J. Nelson
Well no shite. Everything doesn't just get fossilized. We are lucky to find the fossils we do. And I'm sure there are plenty we still haven't found. That's a meaningless quote.
DNA and mapping the genome have given us far greater evidence than the fossil record ever has.
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