Comments on: Evolution makes testable predictions http://www.dbskeptic.com/2008/05/19/evolution-makes-testable-predictions/ Skepticism. Critical thinking. Podcast. Community. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:47:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: David http://www.dbskeptic.com/2008/05/19/evolution-makes-testable-predictions/#comment-359 David Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:58:35 +0000 http://www.dbskeptic.com/2008/05/19/evolution-makes-testable-predictions/#comment-359 Will - evolution does not predict that any particular animal will go extinct, just that some species will be out-competed by others. We see that dinosaurs, woolly mammoths, and saber tooth tigers no longer exist. In human history we've watched dodos and passenger pigeons bite the dust, out competed by us. Perhaps Homo sapiens will never go extinct, but we certainly see other species in the Genus Homo from which we evolved that are now extinct in the fossil record. Fish that live in caves where there is no light lose their site because the ones that have random mutations which cause blindness are not selected against. The fact that different proteins are knocked out in different populations of fish confirms that the process is random. Will - evolution does not predict that any particular animal will go extinct, just that some species will be out-competed by others. We see that dinosaurs, woolly mammoths, and saber tooth tigers no longer exist. In human history we’ve watched dodos and passenger pigeons bite the dust, out competed by us. Perhaps Homo sapiens will never go extinct, but we certainly see other species in the Genus Homo from which we evolved that are now extinct in the fossil record.

Fish that live in caves where there is no light lose their site because the ones that have random mutations which cause blindness are not selected against. The fact that different proteins are knocked out in different populations of fish confirms that the process is random.

]]> By: Will http://www.dbskeptic.com/2008/05/19/evolution-makes-testable-predictions/#comment-355 Will Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:16:58 +0000 http://www.dbskeptic.com/2008/05/19/evolution-makes-testable-predictions/#comment-355 Many of the things u say makes no since. U say we will see no macro-evolution in are life time.. how do u know when humans will go exitinct to never see it? It's an assumption. The theory of evolution accurately predicts that we will find evidence of species that once existed but that are now extinct This makes no sense either.. I exist, right now.. evolution predicts what that I will be exictint someday? Based on what.. the coelcanth was suppose to be exitinct, but i have heard excuses that its a new type of species, that looks just like the fossil record? Please, it's a contradiction, and u assume we will be exitinct without ever really knowing that. Fish loosing there eyesite, isn't something to say it's a survival of the fittest, ever think they were made that way? And no evolutionist likes to explain why they would go blind, to make it harder to hunt, or how they manage to survive until they develop new hunting techniques.. sorry, but evolution (macro) doesn't happen... Many of the things u say makes no since. U say we will see no macro-evolution in are life time.. how do u know when humans will go exitinct to never see it? It’s an assumption.

The theory of evolution accurately predicts that we will find evidence of species that once existed but that are now extinct

This makes no sense either.. I exist, right now.. evolution predicts what that I will be exictint someday? Based on what.. the coelcanth was suppose to be exitinct, but i have heard excuses that its a new type of species, that looks just like the fossil record? Please, it’s a contradiction, and u assume we will be exitinct without ever really knowing that.

Fish loosing there eyesite, isn’t something to say it’s a survival of the fittest, ever think they were made that way? And no evolutionist likes to explain why they would go blind, to make it harder to hunt, or how they manage to survive until they develop new hunting techniques.. sorry, but evolution (macro) doesn’t happen…

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