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from: Larry Moran
date: 2004-01-28 20:25:00
subject: Re: Nested Sets Of Causat

On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 18:36:23 +0000 (UTC), 
John Edser  wrote:
>Larry Moran wrote:

[snip]

> As usual, John gets confused by his own rhetoric. The *definition*
> of evolution says absolutely nothing about cause, nor should it.
> 
> JE:-
> Typically, LM epistemologically beheads the 
> biological sciences and then tries to appear 
> as if butter would not melt in his mouth.
> The _enormity_ of the error that LM is 
> making should not escape any sbe
> reader's attention.  As far as LM is 
> concerned no difference can exist 
> between the opposing causative suppositions 
> that the sun is stationary and earth moves 
> OR the earth is stationary and the sun
> moves. For LM they are the same view. 
> Contesting propositions of causation 
> are what EVERY TESTABLE theory of science 
> is about. 

John, John, John .....

Try and keep up. Do you understand the difference between a
*definition* and a *theory*?

Evolutionary theory is all about possible causes of evolution.
Evolution, the definition, defines what evolution is.

This isn't really that difficult. Try reading an introductory
textbook instead of trying to reinvent the English language.




Larry Moran
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