home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: talk.origins
- Path: sparky!uunet!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!The-Star.honeywell.com!umn.edu!mmm.serc.3m.com!pwcs!medtron!ds0007
- From: ds0007@medtronic.COM (Dale Skiba)
- Subject: Re: Topic for Discussion?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.064352.21435@medtron.medtronic.com>
- Sender: news@medtron.medtronic.com (USENET News Administration)
- Nntp-Posting-Host: buhao.pace.medtronic.com
- Organization: Medtronic, Inc.
- X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
- References: <1jo29o$srt@agate.berkeley.edu>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 06:43:52 GMT
- Lines: 31
-
- Phillip Johnson (philjohn@garnet.berkeley.edu) wrote:
- : I am not sure that it is possible to hold a discussion in this
- : group, because the majority of participants seem to consider the
- : neo-Darwinian theory to be so obviously true that doubt is not
- : taken seriously. On that basis, what is there to discuss?
-
-
- First of all, I'm really happy to see some discussion here.
- So, I now glady take back my complaint that you choose not
- to reply to any questions.
-
- Second, you have written a book dealing with Evolution. That
- implies that you perceive yourself to be some sort of expert on
- this subject. If this is so, it seems natural that you should
- be easily able to answer any of our questions about your book.
- (This is what Chris Colby asked for a couple of weeks ago.)
-
- What is there to discuss? Neo-dawrin theory seems obviously
- true with the data we have. If you have some new data that
- changes this, please share it with us. If it is valid, you
- will change my mind about the truth of neo-darwin theory.
-
- You seem to be saying that we are looking at our existing data
- incorrectly. This is tricky. To convince people of this, you
- first have to demonstrate complete understanding of the current
- accepted view and then tell us how your view is better.
-
- I wish you good luck with this.
-
- --
- Dale Skiba
-