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Subject: Who are you talking to?

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Ben

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Date Posted: 03/19/03 9:27am
In reply to: Bigwick 's message, "how did you observe evolution" on 03/17/03 3:20am

Hello there. You keep saying "you said," but it is not clear to whom your comments are directed. Certainly, they are not directed toward me, since I have never made the comment that anything "suddenly" happened regarding evolution, except perhaps in relation to other evolutionary events (puncuated equilibrium is an example of relatively sudden evolution, but not "sudden" in the common use of the word).

Anyway, please clarify who you are responding to. The best thing is to read a message, then put your message in the "reply" box directly below that message you are reading. This way, your message will appear under that message, rather than being a new post. The entire thread will move to the top of the forum, in case you were worried about it getting lost.

Thanks,
Ben

>"Evolution I can directly observe from one species to
>the next. If I want, I can calculate (based on
>information of the family) what their offspring will
>most likely look like. I can look at the fossil record
>and observe a lizard without wings, and then suddenly
>one with wings. I can examine lizards that are more
>mammalian than reptile. I can see that a change
>occurred from point A and point C and point B has
>characteristics of both creatures. I can qualify
>evolution, and with the tool of genetics, I can
>quantify it."
>I am just wondering how did you observe from one
>species to another?this means, you are saying that you
>have lived for billions of years if to take Darwan's
>theory and at least 100 thousands of years to take
>Gould and the Neo-Darwanian's approach.
>You said that you observed a fossil without a wing and
>then "suddenly" the same species different fossil with
>wings
>well all the evolution theory is about very slow none
>"suddenly" change... the only thing we can observe are
>microevolutions and I mean by this mutations that we
>all know most mutations range from harmful to fatal...

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