Long time no see. So this is where you went......<G>
J.B.>> This is precisely the same sort of "materialist gap" I see in
the evolutionary field. Some of the top evolutionary minds--e.g.,
Tattersall, G. R. Taylor, etc.--admit that the sudden emergence of
man cannot currently be explained through pure materialism. They hold
out for an eventual "something (natural)" that WILL explain it. <<
If something is "unexplained" then it is unexplained. You see we do
have the option of saying, "we don't know"("yet" <g>). There is
nothing in science that says "all gaps in our knowledge must be
filled, NOW!", in fact quite the contrary.
BTW, what was so sudden about the emergence of man?
J.B.>> That looks just like faith to me. <<
Science has done a remarkable job of explaining many things once
thought to be of supernatural origin. This gives us good reason to
think that those questions currently unanswered will also be.
Thats not faith, thats learning from experience.<g>
Of course since in science for every question answered there are
often a dozen new questions created, there will no doubt always be
unanswered questions.
Thats what scientists live for.<G>
BTW, I read your book.......um, er, you don't wanna know.
Bye
Troy Britain
P.S. for the others: I'm one of Jim's old evolutionist sparring
partners from over on Compuserve. I heard about the reflector from
Don Frack & Burgy.