A new theory is guilty until proven innocent, and the pre-existing theory innocent until proven guilty ... Continental drift was guilty until proven innocent.
Perhaps the only thing that saves science from invalid conventional wisdom that becomes effectively permanent is the presence of mavericks in every g… - David M. Raup
Perhaps the only thing that saves science from invalid conventional wisdom that becomes effectively permanent is the presence of mavericks in every g…
- David M. Raup
I doubt if there is any single individual within the scientific community who could cope with the full range of [creationist] arguments without the h… - David M. Raup
I doubt if there is any single individual within the scientific community who could cope with the full range of [creationist] arguments without the h…
There are about 250,000 different species of fossil plants and animals known . . In spite of this large quantity of information, it is but a tiny fra… - David M. Raup
There are about 250,000 different species of fossil plants and animals known . . In spite of this large quantity of information, it is but a tiny fra…
250,000 species of plants and animals recorded and deposited in museums throughout the world did not support the gradual unfolding hoped for by Darwi… - David M. Raup
250,000 species of plants and animals recorded and deposited in museums throughout the world did not support the gradual unfolding hoped for by Darwi…
In the beginning, there were bacteria.... [A] nearly universal assumption is that all subsequent life descended from the original life form through a… - David M. Raup
In the beginning, there were bacteria.... [A] nearly universal assumption is that all subsequent life descended from the original life form through a…
It has been argued that dinosaurs did not die out, but just evolved wings and flew away. At a certain level, this reasoning is sound.... Birds, as a … - David M. Raup
It has been argued that dinosaurs did not die out, but just evolved wings and flew away. At a certain level, this reasoning is sound.... Birds, as a …
The charge that the construction of the geologic scale involves circularity has a certain amount of validity. ...Thus, the procedure is far from idea… - David M. Raup
The charge that the construction of the geologic scale involves circularity has a certain amount of validity. ...Thus, the procedure is far from idea…
Ironically, we have even fewer examples of evolutionary transitions than we had in Darwin's time. - David M. Raup
Ironically, we have even fewer examples of evolutionary transitions than we had in Darwin's time.
There are millions of different species of animals and plants on earth--possibly as many as forty million. But somewhere between five and fifty BILLI… - David M. Raup
There are millions of different species of animals and plants on earth--possibly as many as forty million. But somewhere between five and fifty BILLI…
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