Comment Re:Et tu, Britannia? (Score 1) 2035
Put simply, "macro evolution" is billions upon billions of "micro evolution" events piled on top of each other. They are not separate types of evolution, merely the same process at different stages of advancement.
I disagree, and so do some evolutionists. If you look at the fossil record, species do not slowly transform from one into the other, but suddenly appear on the earth (geologically speaking) and disappear equally suddenly. The idea that millions of slow changes amass to morph one species into another is not supported by evidence. There have been other theories, puncutated equilibrium, for example, that attempt to explain this.
To my way of thinking, the current theory of evolution as I understand it, has plenty of holes in it, but its still the best we have got.
One way or the other, I think the whole issue of whether to teach ID in schools or not is misguided. The job of science education should be to teach people how to think and not what to think. Most kids now probably believe in the theory of evolution not because it makes sense, but because thats what they were taught. In other words, they accept it on faith same as the ID people. That is not much of a comfort.
I disagree, and so do some evolutionists. If you look at the fossil record, species do not slowly transform from one into the other, but suddenly appear on the earth (geologically speaking) and disappear equally suddenly. The idea that millions of slow changes amass to morph one species into another is not supported by evidence. There have been other theories, puncutated equilibrium, for example, that attempt to explain this.
To my way of thinking, the current theory of evolution as I understand it, has plenty of holes in it, but its still the best we have got.
One way or the other, I think the whole issue of whether to teach ID in schools or not is misguided. The job of science education should be to teach people how to think and not what to think. Most kids now probably believe in the theory of evolution not because it makes sense, but because thats what they were taught. In other words, they accept it on faith same as the ID people. That is not much of a comfort.
