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Old March 16th, 2003, 08:47 PM
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Default Re: [OT] Plato\'s Pub and Philosophical Society

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It's unfair to use an archaic theory of evolution (purely gradual) as an example to 'disprove' evolution in its entirety. Modern views include both gradual and dynamic theories and are much more inclusive of the available evidence.

As far as evolution being impossible to actually observe, well that's not quite true. Scientists have been studying bacteria and viruses for many decades (longer actually but they didn't really have the tools). So long as you study something with a high enough rate of reproduction (and short enough lifespan) aspects of evolution can be seen in a reasonable amount of time. This accounts for the prevalance of super-flu's and such and is one more piece of evidence one the side of evolution.
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