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To: exDemMom
There are very few branches of biology in which it is possible to work without taking evolution into account.

Nonsense. The study of biological processes, structures, chemistry and mechanisms does not require any accounting for evolution. It is what it is by virtue of discovery. Conjecture may be useful, but proves nothing in itself. Quite the contrary, it is the evolutionist that depends on the discoveries of biology to support, refute or question their theories.

The best we can do is to gather more evidence; either the evidence supports the theory or it doesn't. In the case of evolution, the evidence supporting the theory is overwhelming.

The evidence is quite underwhelming and rife with fraud, artistic license (pictures of morphing species) and subjective interpretation. The excuse will always be the same; we know the evidence is out there, we just need more funds and more time to find it.

Most of your arguments in many of your postings were abandoned long ago and replaced by newer theories. You need to get up to date. You need to evolve.

70 posted on 05/27/2012 9:28:43 AM PDT by trubolotta
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To: trubolotta
Nonsense. The study of biological processes, structures, chemistry and mechanisms does not require any accounting for evolution. It is what it is by virtue of discovery. Conjecture may be useful, but proves nothing in itself. Quite the contrary, it is the evolutionist that depends on the discoveries of biology to support, refute or question their theories.

Actually, most investigation within the life sciences *does* require accounting for evolution. I cannot imagine how I could have conducted my PhD research without considering evolutionary mechanisms--from cross-species comparisons of the genetic and protein structures of a central player within the pathway our lab studied, to the controls I would incorporate within my experiments to minimize the real-time effect of evolution on my experimental results, I just don't see how I could have been successful had I tried to pretend evolution isn't a major force in biology. Scientists don't just walk into a lab and "discover" things; they formulate a hypothesis as a guide for what to look for, and part of that hypothesis formulation in my field requires consideration of evolutionary mechanisms.

The evidence is quite underwhelming and rife with fraud, artistic license (pictures of morphing species) and subjective interpretation. The excuse will always be the same; we know the evidence is out there, we just need more funds and more time to find it.

If you have evidence of actual scientific fraud, please document it fully and report it to The Office of Research Integrity. Because scientific fraud undermines public confidence in science, it is a huge concern both to funding agencies and to the scientific community.

The fact that a scientist's results support and fit into evolutionary theory does not mean that the scientist is committing fraud.

78 posted on 05/27/2012 10:51:08 AM PDT by exDemMom (Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
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