ericmurphy
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| Quote (Russell @ Dec. 05 2006,12:11) | | So in light of what we've learned, evolution is not only possible, it's hard to imagine how it could be avoided in bacteria like Salmonella, isn't it? |
And that's really the crux of it. I find it hard to imagine that evolution doesn't happen. I mean, what would stop it? Dave's objections have already been shown, decades ago, to be hollow.
I think the only reason (other than ideological unwillingness) why Dave has such a hard time with evolution is because he simply cannot get his mind around large numbers. Whether those numbers are years, or base pairs, or numbers of organisms, or numbers of species, I think Dave's kind of imagination-challenged when it comes to numbers with more than three or four zeros to the left of the decimal point.
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