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It is independent of what any of us have studied or not.
A very good scientific book on that issue is by Professor William Schopf from UCLA called the Cradle of Life. It is worth studying.
But you mean you studied each and every one of what you mention above in detail?
Here is the point to be made.It is independent of what any of us have studied or not.
I'm sure it was very good in 1987, but I bet the field has advanced since then. I would look for more recent work, maybe that has passed peer review, if I want to learn more about the topic.A very good scientific book on that issue is by Professor William Schopf from UCLA called the Cradle of Life. It is worth studying.
This is a lot of original work such as reading say Einstein or Darwin as more examples. This author is a trailblazer. I paid much more for the book new when it came out than you can get it for today. It is well worth studying.I'm sure it was very good in 1987, but I bet the field has advanced since then. I would look for more recent work, maybe that has passed peer review, if I want to learn more about the topic.
Here is the point to be made.
When using the appeal to authority, no matter the authority, you still did not persuade since you rely on such appeal for your own appeal to authority.
An appeal to authority for sure.I am not appealing to authority, I am stating scientific facts.
Einstein and Darwin proved themselves through peer review, not just writing a book.This is a lot of original work such as reading say Einstein or Darwin as more examples. This author is a trailblazer. I paid much more for the book new when it came out than you can get it for today. It is well worth studying.
Einstein and Darwin proved themselves through peer review, not just writing a book.
An appeal to authority for sure.
I'm pretty sure the Vatican even subscribes to "evolution"...There is a growing tendency to refer to the theory of evolution as not a theory at all, but a fact.
No
No, this is not an appeal to authority. If I claim that a rock I drop will fall to the earth, is that an appeal to authority?
You dropped the rock. See the difference?
In the case of this argument you are appealing to others. They are what you accept as your authority? Get it yet?
Evolutionists deny the Vatican too.I'm pretty sure the Vatican even subscribes to "evolution"...
The "theory" status for human evolution is likely due to the "missing link"?!
It did not drop because you let it go? The rock you stated you just let it go?No, I just let it go. That is not why it dropped.
You dropped the rock. See the difference?
In the case of this argument you are appealing to others. They are what you accept as your authority? Get it yet?
No
No, this is not an appeal to authority. If I claim that a rock I drop will fall to the earth, is that an appeal to authority?
There are no such things as evolutionists.Evolutionists deny the Vatican too.
This is what I believe it all boils down to.
Conjecture
Due to ancient fossils losing all traces of DNA, we have essentially rocks to look at.
You don't understand basic science. Who drops the rock is irrelevant. The rock has been dropped. Scientific prediction is that it will fall.
Clarify, in your example, you tell me you drop the rock? Again so you do not revert to denial.
There are no such things as evolutionists.
Evolutionary theory is backed by observation, facts, and the testing of them. Fossils are are not the same as rocks.
Would I be accurate in saying if I believe only you, I appealed to authority since you pose as the authority?Drop is just a figure of speech. I do not make it fall to the earth. What does?
Let's take the perfect stranger who has no clue of Physics and lives a sheltered life and you tell him this dropped rock concept.
Who is he accepting? Is he accepting an appeal to authority?
In my case I have studied physics and still understand it well. I know rocks fall. I do not need you to tell me they fall. You are not my authority so when you tell me things, I choose to believe you or not.
In the case of Gould, and I have some of his books too, we who accept him do it based on appeal to authority.
Supposedly we only read his books due to suspecting he is the authority.
I cite Professor Schopf many times and that is me appealing to authority.
Schopf has done the research and includes it in his book. I could call him a liar. But he documents things so very well.
Here on the forum, seldom will an poster engage in quality documentation. They appeal to authority.
You don't understand basic science. Who drops the rock is irrelevant. The rock has been dropped. Scientific prediction is that it will fall.
The are not my observations. They are scientific observations.I can't pin you down that you made those observations, created those facts or even tested them. And you saying fossils are not rocks does not make a bit of sense., Minerals from Earth replace bones. If you do not know that, I shan't bother you.,
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