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Published on May 13, 2009 By Leauki In Biology

Evolution is not about and has nothing to do with:

1. Theism or atheism.

2. The origin of the universe.

3. The origin of life.

4. One species turning into another.*

5. Christianity.

6. Religion.

7. Politics.

8. Abortion.**

9. Morality and ethics.**

10. Eugenics.***

11."Micro-evolution" and "macro-evolution".****

Any article mentioning any of those as having anything to do with evolution is not about evolution.

 

*Species branch, they do not turn into. Evolution of life works like evolution of languages. English and German have a common ancestor but that common ancestor at no point in time "turned into" English or German and never was another language, meaning that there is no point in time where proto-English-German became English or proto-English-German became German.

**Added in June when I noticed that there are people who found a way to confuse those subjects with Darwin's theory.

***To be precise, eugenics is the opposite of evolution. Evolution is how animals develop without a plan. Eugenics is how animals develop with a plan. Eugenics is a form of "Intelligent Design", not evolution.

****Added in May 2010 when I remembered that I wanted to add this much earlier. Darwinian evolution does not recognise "micro-evolution" and "macro-evolution" as two distinct mechanisms nor is there, in nature, any kind of border line that would even allow to differentiate between the two. There is no natural border that "micro-evolution" could cross to become "macro-evolution".

 


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on May 17, 2009

The moment science is able to deal with the possibility of a "supernatural being", whatever being that is will cease to be considered supernatural. Supernatural and science are by definition non-intersecting spheres of influence. It's impossible because BY DEFINITION it's impossible, not just because we're unable to concieve of a solution that would reconcile the two. The moment science begins to consider things that are beyond verification, falsifiability, or empirical evidence, it is no longer science!

Also, again, science doesn't prove things, it explains things, and endeavours towards better explanations. Common descent WILL never be proved, I can state that with absolute certainty, just as the theory of GRAVITY will never be proved, because it is philosophically IMPOSSIBLE to prove them correct. Anyone who claims a scientific theory "proven" isn't using the rigorous definition of the word. Science does NOT deal with cast iron proofs, it's not even interested in getting them. If you want proofs, you go to mathematics.

And, by the way, the argument from complexity is a philosophical argument. Just because scientists are saying it doesn't make it scientific!

on May 18, 2009

however we may one day find evidence of a supernatural being that can be proven

If we find such evidence, that being wouldn't be supernatural any more.

I am sure that it already happened to some tribes that they found evidence for the existence of their "god" when their god turned out to be an avelanche causing regular floods etc..

 

on May 18, 2009

There are a lot of people, even some in scientific circles, that say that the shear complexity of all that is around us is evidence of a supernatural being.

Anyone who resorts to a supernatural explanation of anything is not a scientist but someone who has given up on the scientific method.

Your statement is about as useful as the claim that many people are standing, including some who are sitting. It either means that someone who once sat later stood up or that you don't understand the difference between sitting and standing. But it does not mean that standing can be done sitting down.

 

on May 18, 2009

Hrmm. How's THAT for a confusing analogy, huh?

...I think I understand what you're getting at there...

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