Aspects of Evolution (Evolution)

by David Turell , Sunday, March 01, 2009, 14:20 (5544 days ago) @ dhw

*** ("If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down" (Darwin).) - This is certainly the heart of the Darwin discussion. I was lead to George's disdained website "Uncommon Descent" because of my own independent reasoning. I had adopted an intelligent design theory before I found those folks. I do not support their Christian agenda with my Jewish background, but they make interesting observations that are not mainstream, but they are thoughtful, and horrors (!), they may be right. My own epistemologic philosophy follows Kuhn as well as Popper. As I have described in past posts I have treated patients with 'unaproved' therapies years ago, successfully, because they were reasonably correct approaches to helping human health. Later my methods became approved. One's own reason should always take precedent over 'mob conclusions.'
With that 'mea culpa' in place please look at this disucssion of monarch butterflies migration of 2,500 miles twice a year from northwest US and Canada to a 60 mile square area in the Sierra Madre mountains of Mexico. They often stop at our place in Texas. We love to see them. The guidance mechanism is biochemical and complicated as elucidated so far. The arguments presented in the article point out the 'wishful thinking' explanations of Darwinist scientists of the gaps in knowledge by assuming how those gaps 'must' be filled to fit a Darwin Theory. Science is not built on expectation but the establishment of fact. Facts occasionally change underlying paradigms. (Kuhn). See the March 1st entry: http://www.uncommondescent.com/