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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
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Subject: Re: An old voice.
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Date: Fri, 19-Jul-85 18:57:35 EDT
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>>[Rich Rosen]
>>What natural selection and evolution "predict"
>>is that, for that set of circumstances that occurs over a period of time, the
>>organisms that survive that period will be the ones best suited for those
>>circumstances, and those of course will be the ones that produce the offspring
>>that follow into the next period.

> Rich, this is simply unworthy of you.  They "predict" that fitter organisms
> will survive?
> 
> ProFOUND.  [DUBOIS]

What's REALLY amazing is that this statement Paul refers to so sarcastically
as "profound":  he doesn't even believe it.  Such a perfectly simple
explanation for what goes on, borne out by evidence, and he avoids it
because he'd RATHER another explanation (one of his faves) was used.

This is known in the creationist world as "science".

Yes, what is "predicted" is so simple, even a child could understand it.
But...  (here we go again)
-- 
Anything's possible, but only a few things actually happen.
					Rich Rosen    pyuxd!rlr