"Missing Link" found!

[Strangelet]

Originally Posted by cacophony

technically if it's proven it's not a theory anymore, it's a law.

And laws don't exist outside of formal logic/mathematics. The most formal way to prove a scientific theory inductively, IE by emperical evidence is by using something like bayesian inference, where it becomes a probability whether or not something is really "proven" or better put, never to be disproved. This is because of the uncertainties inherent in inductive reasoning outlined by Hume back in the day. But when the fuck are we ever going to hear that from science friday on npr? let alone 11 o'clock news?

But yeah, the best that can be said is "look, this what increasingly appears to be indisputable, and is a damn sight better than yer dino bronco busting messiah.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by cacophony

technically if it's proven it's not a theory anymore, it's a law.

I meant "proven theory" as in a theory that has since been proven. But yes, you're right.

[cacophony]

don't mind me, i'm just nit pickin' and bustin' balls.

[Deckard]

Just a couple of nice brief snippets for the doubters among us:

Show me the intermediate fossils!

Why are there still Chimpanzees?

(wish we could embed video on this forum)

[Deckard]

More RDF. Briefly addressing a couple more arguments against evolution:

Comparing the Human and Chimpanzee Genomes

The Evolution of a New Species

Worth a gander.

[Sean]

Dawkins is fightin' the good fight. Ignorance is a scourge on society.

[Deckard]

A British film about Charles Darwin has failed to find a US distributor because his theory of evolution is too controversial for American audiences, according to its producer.

"The film was chosen to open the Toronto Film Festival and has its British premiere on Sunday. It has been sold in almost every territory around the world, from Australia to Scandinavia."

?!!

[Deckard]

Here you go doubters, watch this short intro to The Greatest Show on Earth

If you want the evidence, it's laid out in the book, released next tuesday (22 Sept) in the US. (Amazon) Been getting some good reviews.

And while I have your attention, Evolution Theory AND Fact

[Sean]

This is one of the most disturbing statistics to me. The one about how many Americans don't believe in evolution that is. They might as well be saying they don't believe the earth is round fer cryin' out loud. And when that's piled on top of all the "birthers", people who think being "intellectual" is a bad thing, who can't name our Vice President and similarly ignorant people proudly flaring their dumbness, I really get scared for this country. I mean, how can we have a rational discussion or debate when we can't even find a common frame of reference regarding scientific realities like evolution? Don't these people ever think to look at recorded human history to see the glaring evolutionary path that it highlights for our own species? Do they think we haven't evolved since medieval times, or earlier? It's extremely disturbing.

[BeautifulBurnout]

I feel for you, Sean.

I would say move to the UK, but seeing as we are turning into Communist Germany here, you would be better off moving to France.

And so will I.