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    Evolution: Do you see the resemblence

    I'm not "admitting" anything, and certainly not a "flaw" in evolutionary theory. I am making an assertion: if common descent is true, then we will find no gross morphological features that cannot be derived from more primitive features. And guess what? When we look at organisms, living or...
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    Evolution: Do you see the resemblence

    Look, you can address my refutation of your claim that evolutionary theory is unfalsifiable, or you can let it stand. It's up to you. I gave you 27 falsifiable predictions made by the theory. You can address each and every one of them, or you have no choice but to admit that you were wrong on...
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    Evolution: Do you see the resemblence

    What you're asking for would be a falsification of evolutionary theory, not a confirmation of it. Evolution can only modify what is already present; it cannot create new structures (or information) ex nihilo. If what you are asking for could actually be found, that would be a falsification...
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    Evolution: Do you see the resemblence

    Anyone who thinks there's no evidence for macroevolution obviously hasn't read Theobald's "29+ Evidences for Evolution," available at the TalkOrigins site. Here's a list of 27 different falsifiable predictions of evolutionary theory: Prediction 1: a universal genetic code. Potential...
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    Evolution: Do you see the resemblence

    Thanks for the definition, which is functionally identical to the one I gave. I also explained how homoplasies are distinguished from homologies, which completely obliterates your argument that convergent evolution presents a problem for evolutionary theory.
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    Evolution: Do you see the resemblence

    There's a difference between a homology and a homoplasy. A homology is a character shared by two or more species that is the result of common descent. A homoplasy is a convergence that only looks like a homology. How do we tell the difference? A character is a homology if, when combined with...
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    Evolution: Do you see the resemblence

    Okay, we need to correct a few things. First, "Lucy" is millions of years old, not thousands. Second, scientists are not "dropping" the ToE; no biological scientist seriously doubts the reality of evolution. If you think I'm wrong, find one who does. Third, are you claiming scientists are...
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    Evolution: Do you see the resemblence

    No, not all by itself. But if a gene is duplicated, the second copy is not subject to selective pressure, and can therefore mutate without being selected against. If that additional copy mutates to a form that confers an added function to the genome, then information has been added to the...
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    Evolution: Do you see the resemblence

    If ID proponents do not wish to use Shannon Information as a measure of the information contained in a genome, perhaps they would like to use their own quantifiable measure of information. So far as I am aware, no one has ever successfully and with support quantified the CSI of anything. If...
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