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To: Gamecock

“It is well known fact that with evolution, the octopus lost the nostrils and took on the more familiar look that we know today. If you still look closely you can see ah, a little bump where the nose use to be.”

Fact?

You are mistaking fact with theory.

I find nothing troubling about the theory or idea you presented. I think hypothesis is the best descriptor.

Now, how do you determine it is true?

What do you predict you will find in a given data set yet to be obtained that will confirm or contradict your hypothesis about the evolution of octopi nostrils?

Provide your experimental design.


19 posted on 02/22/2016 11:07:42 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ifinnegan; Larry Lucido

I base this on the observations of a highly respected marine biologist.


31 posted on 02/22/2016 11:23:13 AM PST by Gamecock ( Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul...Matthew 10:28)
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To: ifinnegan

It may have been a Seinfeld quote.


34 posted on 02/22/2016 11:25:26 AM PST by lacrew
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To: ifinnegan

also complicated by the fact that macro-evolutionists embrace the idea that some important mutations may well have been one-in-a-million “lucky” mutations. it’s not science if it’s not reproducable by the scientific method. macro-evolutionists use this loophole to exempt themselves from the strict rules of the scientific method. funny how that works, huh?

https://www.newscientist.com/round-up/accidents-human-evolution/


40 posted on 02/22/2016 11:34:33 AM PST by TangibleDisgust ("To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize." - Voltaire)
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To: ifinnegan; Gamecock
Fact?

You are mistaking fact with theory.

I think you might be mistaking sarcasm for, well, you know.

Hoss

43 posted on 02/22/2016 11:38:43 AM PST by HossB86 (Christ, and Him alone.)
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