tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19645714.post731278474551372436..comments2023-10-29T04:50:42.136-05:00Comments on Nick's Musings: Evolution Conversation, Part 2: Evolution Like Gravity?Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08949332361786422769noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19645714.post-45452876784658118662007-11-28T23:45:00.000-06:002007-11-28T23:45:00.000-06:00Hi Matt. Yeah, I think the key to my statement wa...Hi Matt. Yeah, I think the key to my statement was "right away." You are correct in saying that he comes around to respond to Chip's objections, but he certainly starts with the "overwhealming evidence for evolution."Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08949332361786422769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19645714.post-19350044661225268812007-11-28T23:19:00.000-06:002007-11-28T23:19:00.000-06:00Nick wrote...Rather than to go on the defensive ri...Nick wrote...<BR/><BR/><I>Rather than to go on the defensive right away, Mark focuses on the "overwealming evidence" for Evolution.</I><BR/><BR/>I'm not sure you are giving full shrift to Mark's arguments here. In response to Chip's opening, Mark responds with his own opening statement about what he calls "the fact of evolution." Following that, however, he deftly circles back and directly answers two of Chip's arguments (abiogenesis and "not enough time"), and lays the foundation to undermine the third (mutations are either inconsequential or deleterious).Matt Brinkmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770347694244303719noreply@blogger.com