stephenmyers
Scientists have proven that evolution is a fact.
The scientific method is an orderly method used by scientist
to solve problems, in which a recognized problem is subjected to thorough investigation,
and the resulting facts and observations are analyzed, formulated in the
hypothesis, and subjected to verification by means of experiments and further
observation.
Has anyone observed the evolution of a species? Charles
Darwin did little experimental science. He did make several descriptive studies
of barnacles and worms and some experimental studies about how species spread
through seed dispersal and other processes. Yet his masterpiece, [On the Origin
of Species by Means of Natural Selection] contains neither a single
mathematical equation nor any report of original experimental research. What we
have is micro evolution [the beaks of finches changing size and shape] passed
as proof of macro evolution [man evolving from a chimp].
I don't understand what you mean that evolution is
metaphysical.
Metaphysics = the branch of philosophy that deals with the
first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being, knowing,
substance, cause, identity, time, and space.
Since there is no evidence for macro evolution or the neo
Darwinian theory of first life it becomes more philosophical than science.
Do you not think that natural selection occurs in living
things? If not why not?
The theory of Natural Selection promotes that the species
that survives is the fittest, and the fittest is the species that
survives. What does Natural Selection
identify as the determining factor of the survival of the fittest? Whatever
gave the surviving form the edge over the extinct on is the determining
factor[s]. Since Natural Selection has
become an all-purpose explanation of anything and everything, it becomes an
explanation of nothing. Just about any
characteristic can be either advantageous or dis advantageous depending upon
the surrounding environmental conditions the subject is found.
Based on the species thriving we can assume a characteristic
to be advantageous to it, but in most cases it is impossible to identify the
advantage independently of the outcome; therefore any advantage can also be a
disadvantage. Simply put, the historical record only confirms one advantage,
success in reproduction. Following Natural Selection, the individual which
reproduce the most offspring must have the qualities required for producing the
most offspring, or the fittest individuals in a population.
