New evolutionary research disproves living missing link theories

University of Montreal ^ | February 10, 2011 | Unknown

[cookcounty]

"The findings mean that the worms had evolved from a more sophisticated ancestor through major simplifications. "

It is amazing to me how very much of the fossil record has to do with simplifications (i.e., Eohippus).

[cookcounty]

"How is that evolution? this must be a different phenomenon, completely separate from evolution."

Not sure if I believe in Evolution, but I definitely believe in Devolution. Which are of necessity different processes. Devolution (simplifications--> the loss of information, or the loss of expression of information) is not evidence for Evolution.

The blind cave fish, or Eeohippus' losing its toes, say nothing (or at least very little) about evolution.

[wendy1946]

A couple of people have suggested that FR could use some sort of an anti-evolution ping list... Anybody wishing to be added to the list should notify me via freepmail.

[killermosquito]

I don’t think you should create an anti-evolution ping list. I think you should create an anti-macro-evolution ping list and the distinction is an important one. Or perhaps an intelligent design ping list which I would favor.

Add me to your list. Thank you.

[1010RD]

Unless there is a purpose to evil. It seems that faith as it applies to religion and thus to life, is more important than knowledge. At least that’s the message of Christianity.

[1010RD]

An Evolutionist would say that you’d expect just such a flux there being times when a more “sophisticated” genetic make up was more favorable and other times/environments in which a simpler form was needed.

[agrace]

Thank you for including me, please keep my name on your list.

[Senator_Blutarski]

A couple of people have suggested that FR could use some sort of an anti-evolution ping list... Anybody wishing to be added to the list should notify me via freepmail.

Please sign me up. Thanks Wendy!

[wendy1946]

I'm not into pushing religion of any sort. I'll RECOMMEND Christianity if somebody WANTS a recommendation, but even Voodoo and Rastafari are better than evolution: neither Voodoo nor Rastafari requires any sort of a belief in a trans-finite sequence of probabilistic miracles and neither Voodoo nor Rastafari has two world wars or 300,000,000 dead bodies lying around on account of it.

Evolution is junk science and as junk science goes, a spectacularly pernicious and dangerous flavor of it. Evolution was the philosophical corner stone of Nazism and Communism and the various eugenics movements. Worse, despite its having been thoroughly debunked over the last 100 years, its adherents still dominate discussions of it by sheer weight of numbers and decibel level.

You even see that on conservative forums like FR and in fact the argument you generally see is "Hey, you're making all of us (conservatives) look like kooks (by saying anything about evolution) and, funny thing, evolutionism appears to transcend left/right barriers. The evolutionist postings you see on FR or the Limbaugh or Coulter forums are basically indistinguishable from those you'd see on DU or anything else like that.

[mamelukesabre]

I vote for a lamarckian evolution ping list.

[1010RD]

Sorry, I was addressing your concern about evil and its existence in our world.

It must have a purpose.