>Stephen quotes Wesley:
> >>So when asked to give hard evidence of random mutation and natural
> >>selection accomplishing anything *today*, Darwinists either downplay
> >>RM&NS and talk of other mechanisms, or they present evidence of
> >>something *trivial* (like fluctuating colours in moths or length of
> finches'
> >>beaks), and even then there is some doubt that RM&NS was responsible.
>
>SB>good god! (or deity of your choice) You quoted a participating member of
> >this list out of context! ROFL!!!
>
>This is just bluster. There was no "quote...out of context"
>
>SB>Wesley was talking about *isolating* one of the mechanisms of evolution
> >from the the others.
>
>Agreed. One of the "mechanisms" (in fact the *only* one mentioned) was
>"Natural selection".
>
>SB>He didn't say it didn't exist
>
>I didn't say anything above about whether "Natural selection" "didn't exist".
>
>SB>or couldn't be observed.
>
>I didn't say "Natural selection" "couldn't be observed".
>
>Susan said "we can watch ... natural selection happen every day ..." Wesley
>said "Natural selection, though, is notoriously difficult to empirically
>isolate
>as a mechanism of action."
>
>How can Susan "watch" something "happen every day" that is "notoriously
>difficult to empirically isolate"? IOW how does Susan know she is watching
>"Natural selection"?
Wesley was talking about isolating natural selection from drift and my
understanding was that he was talking about populations over a large amount
of time. You see natural selection every time you spray for roaches or
don't take all your antibiotics.
Susan
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