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Subject: Let's be fair.
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Date: Tue, 26-Mar-85 16:22:53 EST
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            From the Evolution Ministry of Silly Ideas

Wayne Potts, biologist at Utah State U. specuates birds in flight may
have 'evolved' wave type flight patterns to protect against stragglers
being picked off by predators.
                                 (Science Digest, Oct.'84, p.18)

Anthropologist Gordon Hewes believes pale hands may have evolved to help
humans signal.  When asked about pale feet, he said they could be used to
signal as well and perhaps the genes for one affect the other or some such
drivel - he was mumbling by then.
                                  ( "Why Are Human Palms Pale?" Newscience,
                                     December '83.)

See Science Digest, Aug.'83 for THE RUFFED-RABBIT MYSTERY.  That mysterious
patch of hair on the rabit's chest - part of a defense mechanism???
      One letter writer comments: "When cornered, the rabbit causes the 
      hair to stand up, thus drawing the attention of the predator (say its
      a fox).  Fascinated, the fox begins to wonder why rabits have that tuft
      of hair, and then why rabbits exist at all, and even why predators 
      exist.  While it is occupied with metaphysical questions, the rabbit
      slinks away."  Science Digest, Dec.'83, p.12, Letters.


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See Casper, evolution explains everything.  Isn't that neat?  (It sure ain't 
Science!)

Look, let's admit that there are some pretty far out claims on the part of
'scientists' who understand neither evolution or the limits of science.

That has been the point of some of the quotes I have listed (Popper,Medawar).

Is it only 'Churchmen' who oppose the advance of Science???

Regards,

Ken Arndt