Evolution (Introduction)

by dhw, Thursday, May 14, 2009, 19:25 (5670 days ago) @ David Turell

David has drawn our attention to an article about Homo floresiensis, the "hobbits" on the Indonesian island of Flores. He says that it's a "good thorough review even though it has an ID source." - It certainly is a good article, and it left me wondering just what implications the advocates of ID actually draw from these findings. In their view, are such discoveries arguments against the theory of evolution itself, or just against the theory that brain size was a crucial factor? And what, in the ID view, do the findings tell us about the intelligent designer? You may not be able to help me on the latter question, David, as you are always scrupulous NOT to speculate on the subject. But perhaps you or someone else could explain the "official" ID line, if there is one. Do they see all this as evidence of their designer deliberately experimenting, or simply of a great evolutionary free-for-all resulting from the mechanism that was set up in the first place? Either way, there doesn't seem to be much sign of a master plan. - Thank you also for the latest post about RNA.