On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Charlie Bell <char...@culturelist.org>wrote:
> > > It's interesting, but I'm really sick of the "evolution can't explain > this" schtick. Evolution explains how diversity occurs. Extinction > events are known, some are understood. That we don't know the specific > causes of certain extinction events says nothing at all about > evolutionary theory. I didn't read that as a criticism of evolution. It sounded to me akin to a statement like "monetary policy falls short of explaining inflationary cycles." In other words, related, but not particularly germane... which seems to me to be your point. Or are you suggesting that mentioning evolution in the context of extinction events is as germane as bringing up fluoridation of water when analyzing football strategies? Nick _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
