Re: Whale problems #1. Introd...

GRMorton@aol.com
Tue, 11 Jul 1995 22:38:24 -0400

Stephen wrote:
>>I would argue that a Cambrian explosion that took only 5 million years
(remember it could have been less) to produce all the living world's
animal phylla (Gould S.J., "The Evolution of Life on the Earth",
Scientific American, October 1994, p67), was a supernatural aqssisted
proces, Glenn's computer models notwithstanding.

I would also argue that a process that produced a whale from a land
mammal in only 10 million years, was also a supernatural-assisted
process. That is, unless Glenn can show plausibly how it happened
naturally.<<

I showed you over the past few days what embryologists are learning about how
to take a fly and turn him back into something that is very much like his
evolutionary ancestor in a few weeks. I showed you what biologists are
learning about how a reptile leg turned into a bird leg and this can be done
in a few days. But you never respond to the data. You keep saying you don't
see how this works. What is wrong with the mechanism I showed you? They can
be accomlished in a lab in a few weeks. That is much less than the 10
million years you desire. And I would like to clarify something. I am not
the one showing the world how this works. I am merely watching what the
biologists are doing and am standing in awe of what they are learning.

glenn