Let's recall what it was you actually said. You said:
> > > Really, all I am asking is that you take it one step further and
realize that the sun is setting on macroevolution because of more
current
findings in microbiology, mathematics, etc. Why do you suppose PC or the
'hopeful monster' idea has been proposed? Its because the data that has
been
accumulated earlier is proving to be an inadequate answer.>>>
Does this not imply that PE is somehow related to the "hopeful monster"
idea, if not synonomous with it? That was the way I read it. If that is
the point, it is quite incorrect. As for PE being developed because of
the inadequacy of "macroevolution" to speak to current problems, that is
equally incorrect. PE was developed as a result of Mayr's work on
population genetics and allopatric speciation, and applied those
findings to the paleontological data. It deals with the mode and tempo
of speciation events, not with the validity of "macroevolution"
(whatever that is).
Ed