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  1. LIIA

    Darwin's Illusion

    The comparison of different things based on their similarities was used to convey/explain the target idea, but you are not concerned about the structure of the analogy, are you? Your real issue is the meaning that you did understand but didn’t like. I’m sorry if talking about “the sleeping...
  2. LIIA

    Darwin's Illusion

    That is actually absurd. My argument is specifically against gradualism in the general sense not merely some evidence subject to interpretation and it’s absolutely not my declaration; it’s the declaration of prominent PALEONTOLOGISTS. Why is that difficult for you to understand? Didn’t you...
  3. LIIA

    Darwin's Illusion

    Do you understand what you quote? Let me explain to you. This quote by Gould and Eldredge was in defense of their punctuated equilibrium theory, their intent was to avoid making a universal claim that’s why, directly after this quote, they said, " Nature is far too varied and complex for such...
  4. LIIA

    Darwin's Illusion

    Other than the ToE, there is no evidence to prove that the inferred/imagined relationship is true? Relationship between fossils is an interpretation not a fact. If you infer a relationship because the ToE said so, in other words, if you interpret the data only in light of the Toe, then you’re...
  5. LIIA

    Darwin's Illusion

    You wish, in that respect, Gould didn’t know, it was not by any means a fact; it was a false axiom that he chose to hold. Facts/observations of the real world stay as facts but the theory interpreting them is merely a perception, a relative mental process subject to change not a fact.
  6. LIIA

    Darwin's Illusion

    Except that nature wrote “Archaeopteryx is not a bird at all.” Archaeopteryx no longer first bird | Nature No, archaeopteryx is not archaeoraptor and I didn’t say it is, did I? The point here is that proponents of evolution such as yourself, typically justify their position by relying on...
  7. LIIA

    Darwin's Illusion

    I totally agree with him when he said, “Facts do not go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them." yes, the world's data/observations do not go away even if a theory interpreting them is disproved. But I totally disagree with him when he said, “And humans evolved from apelike...
  8. LIIA

    Darwin's Illusion

    First, we agreed on the sources and the assertion that gradualism is virtually nonexistent. Let's put that behind. Second, when you say, “they are admitting that it does exist at least to some extent”, you are essentially grasping at straws because exceptions (subject to interpretations) never...
  9. LIIA

    Darwin's Illusion

    First, my beliefs have nothing to do with the ToE being true or false. I never used my beliefs as a refutation of the ToE, did I? Second, you fail to understand a simple logic. Science functions within a specific system with defined characteristics/laws, beyond the initiation point of that...
  10. LIIA

    Darwin's Illusion

    In #1979, you responded to my argument against GRADUALISM that Darwin saw confirmation in the geological record in his lifetime. If your response is relevant to my argument, then the alleged confirmation should be a confirmation of gradualism. Do you understand? Now you came back in #2001 and...
  11. LIIA

    Darwin's Illusion

    Archaeopteryx is no longer the first bird and Archaeoraptor is a forgery. Archaeopteryx: July 2011, an article published by nature was titled, “Archaeopteryx no longer first bird” The article said, “Mounting evidence shows famous fossil more closely related to Velociraptor.... Analysis of...
  12. LIIA

    Darwin's Illusion

    I’ll assume you’re genuinely confused; I’ll explain further but you should make some effort to understand what the argument is about. The context here is specifically "GRADUALISM” in the general sense and all what it entails, not merely some vague examples of micro-organisms or transitional...
  13. LIIA

    Darwin's Illusion

    @ Subduction Zone My post # 1992 is the response to your #1977 below. Sorry, don’t have much time now.
  14. LIIA

    Darwin's Illusion

    If you neither know or believe in God, are you in a position to defend God or explain to others what things God should or shouldn’t allow/cause and why? Do you see the irony? You neither understand nor even need a cause for why things are happening. For you “the forces at play do it” but what...
  15. LIIA

    Darwin's Illusion

    Here is an analogy for you. A sleeping dinosaur is always behind, even if he wakes up, he remains a dinosaur. Those are the followers of obsolete science who can’t wrap their heads around the fact that science is ever changing. What they lived by, they simply persist on, nothing else matter...
  16. LIIA

    Darwin's Illusion

    evidence to the contrary? What evidence? Do you mean evidence that the person playing chess with pigeons is not hallucinating? a medical report or something? Or maybe evidence that you do play chess with pigeons. I know it's an analogy and I know where you copied it from, do you think a person...
  17. LIIA

    Darwin's Illusion

    You keep imagining things, any more chess games with pigeons lately?
  18. LIIA

    Darwin's Illusion

    If the fossil record is merely incomplete and Darwin saw confirmation in his lifetime, how come Gould and Eldridge after more than 100 years made the assertion that gradualism is NONEXISTENT in the fossil record? Were they aware of that alleged confirmation? Was it relevant to their assertion...
  19. LIIA

    Darwin's Illusion

    Yes, it’s an analogy. Is there any reason why an analogy can't be a product of hallucination especially if the analogy is that ridiculous? So, you think pigeons are bad chess players but if we give a pigeon enough time, maybe a million year and as many random trials as it takes, don’t you...
  20. LIIA

    Darwin's Illusion

    I can and it’s extremely obvious. Simply the predictions of gradualism are not supported by real world observations, neither among living organisms nor in the fossil record. 1) Living Organisms: a) There is no evidence of enormous scale of accidental/non-beneficial or harmful changes that...
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