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Malcolm Storey's avatar

I enjoyed your previous article. I've always accepted Darwinism (neo or classical) but hadn't gone into how he got there. Very interesting.

Your comment that creationists hate Darwin reminded me of the big difference between them and us (if I may be so bold). We regard Darwinism as a self-evident truth and Darwin as just the guy who happened to point it out. They see Darwin as a prophet and assume that we think Darwinism is true because we believe him. This is why fact-based arguments such as yours are just preaching to the choir.

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cornflower blue's avatar

Crazy discussions here. I've to agree that the dogs and finches examples aren't particularly convincing: no new species, no natural selection, no explanation of how new looks emerge to begin with, no proof that this mechanism fully explains large-scale evolution, no explanation of the fossil record, ... so I don't think it answers any of the questions skeptics still have. And unfortunately many of the icons of evolution rally turned out to be hoaxes.

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