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In Reply to: Re: Evolution is a posted by Alan on February 18, 192004 at 09:10:53:
Hi Alan:
Glad to cross swords with you again! :-)
>>I must disagree with your comment on macro evolution being accepted by most scientists.<<
But it is! Disagreeing won't make it go away.
>>There is no observable evidence of macro evolution taking place - it is just speculation backed up by the flimsy evidence of fossil records.<<
It is also backed up by genetic studies. Macro/micro evolution are one and the same thing, the only difference being the time scale involved.
>>The debate is whether micro evolution, as observed in our current timescale, can produce macro evolution when extrapolated to much longer timescales.<<
As far as I know the only 'debate' about it is among religious 'scientists', many of whose scientific qualifications are suspect, to say the least. The vast majority of the scientific world accept it as fact. Only a fool would expect to 'observe' something which takes hundreds of thousands of years to happen. After all, mountain ranges pushed up by tectonic plate movements have never been observed to form, but nobody disputes the fact. It is supported by the same sort of evidence as the fossil record.
>>Your ultimate opinion will be governed by faith, rather than scientific evidence.<<
No, Alan. The scientific evidence is so convincing that nobody, except religious fundamentalists, doubts it. And they only refuse to accept it because it contradicts the creation story.