The Ghost of Gould
Stephen Jay Gould died a number of years ago, but his legacy lives on.
In the previous post, Monk has asked that I consider three known facts, and believes that if I should agree these facts are true, then I must accept evolution as a scientific fact.
What Monk has done is to provide a variation on the reasoning proposed by Gould - a thinking that sounds logical, but is overwhelmingly flawed.
The argument Gould makes starts off with 3 postulates: 1. animals produce more offspring than they need to (many will die off), 2. offspring will vary in appearance to each other, and 3. the environment will select for the offspring that are best fit. Gould states that these 3 postulates are obviously true (it's a matter of common sense), and therefore evolution is a fact of life.
But unfortunately for Stephen, he made an error in logic.
Can anyone tell me what that error is?
posted by Gary @ 12:49 PM
2 Comments:
Um, Gary? Those were NOT the three facts I stated. Please be honest in the future. You creationists love to misquote the supporters of evolution, but Christ ordered you not to beat false witness. If I were you, I'd listen to him.
dear mr monk
new to this blog so you might be known to everyone but i would like to ask you some seemingly basic questions
are you an athiest or a theist
and can you define the difference between ID and Creationism for me
thanks
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