Contingent evolution (Introduction)

by David Turell , Tuesday, July 01, 2014, 15:10 (3586 days ago) @ Balance_Maintained


> Tony:Yes, we've discussed that before. ..... It looks like a bush if you assume that our classifications, based on superficial things such as appearance, have any relationship to reality, which is something that DNA evidence is refuting daily. You yourself have posted numerous examples of where our understanding of the 'bush of life' is turned on its head. -> Perhaps it is a clear sign that our view of 'the higgledy-piggledy' bush of life is no more than a flight of fancy dreamed up by Darwin; a shared hallucination along the lines of 'the world is flat' and 'the sun circles the earth'.-I was just clarifying the discussion. DNA is turning Darwin on its head. Analagous amd homologous are very important distinctions.