On May 12, 2006, at 11:15 AM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 12 May 2006, at 6:29PM, Nick Arnett wrote:
Direct evidence, to me, means directly observing, measuring, etc.
It does
not mean directly observing the results or aftermath of something. A
mechanism other than evolution as we presently understand it could be
responsible for the historical evidence that we find in the fossil
record.
Nanomachines devised by evil overlords, whose purpose is to
confuse us, may
have assembled the whole thing, to give a silly example.
This is like the difference between watching a building burn and
looking at
a burnt building. The former is direct evidence of a fire, the
latter is
indirect.
But what if the evil overlords use their nanomachines to confuse
your eyeballs into seeing a burning building that isn't there?
I, for one, welcome our evil overlords *and* their nanotechnological
mind-control. Beats getting all worked up about having George Bush in
the white house!
Dave
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