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From: arndt@lymph.DEC
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Subject: Re. Of all the things, Ken!
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Date: Sat, 4-May-85 18:51:47 EDT
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I said:

"EVOLUTION IS A THEORY ABOUT A PROCESS THAT HAPPENED LONG, LONG AGO
AND FAR, FAR AWAY AND NOBODY EVER SAW IT, AND IT HAPPENED, WE SPECULATE
UNDER PROCESSES NOT NOW HAPPENING - 'life' arising from non-life in the
great cosmic Cambell's soup kitchen."

Keebler (what's your first name, guy?) responded:

Since when did evolution stop?  Are you kidding me or what?
No wonder you are griping about evolution!  You don't even know
what it is!

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Look.  (Tom, Dick or Harry)  Live long and prosper, but get some new
specs for your nose or something.

If you READ what I wrote you will see that I am refering to 'life arising
from non-live', A PROCESS THAT NO ONE SAYS IS HAPPINING TODAY!!!!!!  And
that everyone (except you evidently) says happened under processes that
were the result of conditions that DO NOT exist today because the earth
was a different place physically.  I was NOT, clearly, talking about the
claim that species, etc., evolution does not happen today although we could
indeed talk about that.

WHO doesn't understand evolution????

I accept your humble apology for misreading, misunderstanding, and not
knowing what you were talking about.

You have written some interesting things which I have enjoyed reading.
I'd like to address a few of them if I ever get the time.  DEC expects
me to work during the day and the rug rats expect me to read to them, etc.
at night and mommy expects a whole lot more, so my time is limited.

Keep chargin'

Ken Arndt