Evoultion? - Walking Gorilla

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Evoultion? - Walking Gorilla

Post by Siggy_G » Fri Jan 28, 2011 5:09 am

While I recognize species' need and ability to adapt to their evironment and group, as well as various combinations occuring from breeds, I'm quite unsure of the need for a millions-of-years evolutionary process (as also questioned by EU theory in other regards). Sometimes, it seems, individuals/species just figure things out during their lifetime, and it doesn't reguire mutations or millions of iterations towards a gradual solution.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrQf6cogMuI

Perhaps not the best proof/illustration of the subject, but curious and amusing anyhow.

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Re: Evoultion? - Walking Gorilla

Post by Aristarchus » Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:24 am

That was a pretty cool video. The NeoDarwinists have failed to supply any evidence for macromutation. In the Galápagos Islands, the NeoDarwinists try to use a particular finch as an example of macromutation, but it was obvious that they were simply extrapolating their conclusion when the evidence was investigated.

During a decades old drought, the finches adapted by producing longer beaks that were capable for foraging for food; however, when the drought ended, the finches readapted to shorter beaks - thus there was no changing into a new species by these finches.

When confronted with this evidence, the NeoDarwinists conflate the two terms of micromutation & macromutation - defying the fact that the science of biology distinguishes these as two distinct definitions. This is sorely disingeneous to scientific methodology.
An object is cut off from its name, habits, associations. Detached, it becomes only the thing, in and of itself. When this disintegration into pure existence is at last achieved, the object is free to become endlessly anything. ~ Jim Morrison

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Re: Evoultion? - Walking Gorilla

Post by tayga » Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:30 am

I wonder whether it got the idea from us. We do have our imitators. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVV_HXtEbLo
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