RE: Data of absence, or absence of data?
Chuck Warman (cwarman@wf.net)
Thu, 15 Aug 1996 07:19:10 -0500>Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 07:17:49 -0500
>To: Duff@siu.edu (R. Joel Duff)
>From: Chuck Warman <cwarman@wf.net>
>Subject: RE: Data of absence, or absence of data?
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>At 08:50 AM 8/14/96 -0500, Joel Duff wrote:
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>>What if human footprints _were_ found next to dinosaur footprints,
>>What if modern pollen were found in precambrian rock,
>>What if the speed of light were shown to have slowed down over time
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>>I personally don't give much credence to the evidences of any of these
>>suggestions but they _would_ present much more than an inconvenience to the
>>timetable upon which the theory of orgainic evolution rests if proven true.
>>I think they _would_ be truly revolutionary.
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>I can't prove this, of course, but IMO the first two would be ignored as
"anomalies."
>The third doesn't weigh against evolution per se, just against the rate and
timing of it.
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>Chuck
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Chuck Warman
cwarman@wf.net (Wichita Falls, TX)
"The abdication of Belief / makes the Behavior small."
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