RE: Data of absence, or absence of data?

Chuck Warman (cwarman@wf.net)
Thu, 15 Aug 1996 21:08:22 -0500

At 08:50 AM 8/14/96 -0500,Joel Duff wrote (giving examples of data which
might challenge the standard evolutionary model):
>
>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
>
>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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NEW YORK (AP) =97 Astronomers have reported seeing stars that are=
seemingly
older than the universe=20
itself =97 a nonsensical notion that suggests that one of the fundamental
assumptions used to calculate the=20
age of the cosmos is flawed

The scientists calculated stars in a certain galaxy to be 1 billion to 1.5
billion years older than the universe=20
itself, said researcher James Dunlop.

Of course, it=92s impossible for the universe to be younger than any of its
stars [well, duh! - CW]. The=20
discrepancy represents yet another challenge to the standard theory of the
universe.
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Or, maybe the speed of light has changed ;-)

Chuck the non-YEC
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Chuck Warman
cwarman@wf.net (Wichita Falls, TX)
"The abdication of Belief / makes the Behavior small."
----Emily Dickinson
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