Andy, I don't think the analogy with evolution of biological species can
really work.
There is tremendous kinship between us and chimps; and the commonalities
among us, chimps and our common ancestors is unlike any commonality that you
could point to between Ptolomaic and Copernican astronomy, or "chemistry"
pre/post oxygenation, etc.
On Tue, 21 Jun 2011, Andy Blunden wrote:
But the metaphor Michael is calling on, Carol, as I see it is "normal
science" is the incremental, gradual adaptation of a species to its niche,
and remaining much the same for millions of years, and on the other hand,
when a species is under real pressure, you get exactly the process Kuhn
describes in science: rapid diversification and die-outs, with a
distinctly new species species emerging at the end. It's called
"punctuated evolutuion" isn't it?
I find the idea of a formation perfecting itself into extinction
attractive.
As to "Intelligent design" - this has nothing to do with proof or
disproof, Carol, but Faith.
Andy
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