John Edser wrote:
> JM:-
> 
>>The hypothesis of drift cannot be verified.  Full stop.
> 
> 
> LM:-
> The hypothesis of random genetic drift and the hypothesis of natural 
> selection make definite predictions about the outcome of allele 
> frequencies over time. Both can be tested experimentally in the 
> laboratory and in natural populations. Both hypotheses have been 
> verified. Full stop.
> 
> JE:-
> This is where you hit an ivory tower wall with Moran et al
> so you have no choice but to call in an epistemological 
> referee. Because both hypothesis are verified together
> it is impossible to suggest which one was causative.
> Most Neo Darwinists will invoke Post Modernism, delete cause and 
> effect and effectively shoot the referee, granting themselves 
> a blank cheque to say and do anything they want in the 
> name of "science", i.e. IMHO they resort to intellectual 
> thuggery in order to protect their tribal affiliations.
> 
I rathr think that, unlike you, professional biologists are aware of the 
possibility of multiple causation. Stop full.

Bob

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