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]]> http://6pack.co.uk/some-questions-for-evolutionists/#comment-11452 Ricardo Tue, 22 May 2012 18:08:43 +0000 http://6pack.co.uk/some-questions-for-evolutionists/#comment-11452 You tried that before, it was absurdly stupid the first time. It isn't any more intelligent now. You tried that before, it was absurdly stupid the first time. It isn’t any more intelligent now.

]]> http://6pack.co.uk/some-questions-for-evolutionists/#comment-11451 Pyriform Tue, 22 May 2012 16:24:02 +0000 http://6pack.co.uk/some-questions-for-evolutionists/#comment-11451 Evolution is such a slow process that it has taken this long for even one species to develop the intelligence necessary for those things. In time others animals may evolve to do so, if they can compete with us or we go extinct. Evolution is such a slow process that it has taken this long for even one species to develop the intelligence necessary for those things. In time others animals may evolve to do so, if they can compete with us or we go extinct.

]]> http://6pack.co.uk/some-questions-for-evolutionists/#comment-11450 Lightnin Tue, 22 May 2012 12:21:40 +0000 http://6pack.co.uk/some-questions-for-evolutionists/#comment-11450 The same reason why whales are the only species of mammal able to hold their breath for hours and dive to depths even submarines can't handle. Why dolphins are the only species able to shunt an unwanted mate's apparatus to a fake receptacle in order to avoid being impregnated by a substandard male. Why only certain species of plants are able to digest meat. Why some animals spit poison and others don't. Humans happened to develop sentience, and all the things that go along with it, because it was evolutionarily advantageous to them. Other animals developed other ways to survive. Do you know the price for our intelligence? In order to make tools with our opposable thumbs, we need to walk upright. Because we walk upright, our hips articulate in a nonideal manner, causing our females great distress during pregnancy and childbirth. Because of our great intelligence, our brains are extremely large for our frames. Thus our young have to be born before the brain is fully developed and the head gets too large to fit through the birth canal, making humans the most vulnerable of infants. The large head also causes the mother even more distress during labor. So...is it any wonder that this only developed in one species? I mean, what great advantage does our intelligence really give us? Honestly, the mosquitoes are beating us in the evolution race. The evolutionary compromises necessary for us to develop our current intelligence are just so unlikely it's a wonder it's even happened once; why on Earth would we expect it to happen more often than that? The same reason why whales are the only species of mammal able to hold their breath for hours and dive to depths even submarines can’t handle. Why dolphins are the only species able to shunt an unwanted mate’s apparatus to a fake receptacle in order to avoid being impregnated by a substandard male. Why only certain species of plants are able to digest meat. Why some animals spit poison and others don’t. Humans happened to develop sentience, and all the things that go along with it, because it was evolutionarily advantageous to them. Other animals developed other ways to survive.
Do you know the price for our intelligence? In order to make tools with our opposable thumbs, we need to walk upright. Because we walk upright, our hips articulate in a nonideal manner, causing our females great distress during pregnancy and childbirth. Because of our great intelligence, our brains are extremely large for our frames. Thus our young have to be born before the brain is fully developed and the head gets too large to fit through the birth canal, making humans the most vulnerable of infants. The large head also causes the mother even more distress during labor.
So…is it any wonder that this only developed in one species? I mean, what great advantage does our intelligence really give us? Honestly, the mosquitoes are beating us in the evolution race. The evolutionary compromises necessary for us to develop our current intelligence are just so unlikely it’s a wonder it’s even happened once; why on Earth would we expect it to happen more often than that?

]]> http://6pack.co.uk/some-questions-for-evolutionists/#comment-11449 Julie Tue, 22 May 2012 06:12:15 +0000 http://6pack.co.uk/some-questions-for-evolutionists/#comment-11449 why are cats the only animal able to retract their claws? why are elephants the only animal with trunks? why are giraffes the only animal with long necks? why are cats the only animal able to retract their claws?
why are elephants the only animal with trunks?
why are giraffes the only animal with long necks?

]]> http://6pack.co.uk/some-questions-for-evolutionists/#comment-11448 Charles Tue, 22 May 2012 05:53:20 +0000 http://6pack.co.uk/some-questions-for-evolutionists/#comment-11448 Evolution caused all this to be possible. We evolved to the level where we can do this. Although some species of animals can do the some of the points to which you have highlighted to some degrees. Ants and crows form Armies and go to war against each other. Some types of chimps use tools to help in their tasks. Most pack animals form some form of complex society with leaders and rules. Evolution caused all this to be possible. We evolved to the level where we can do this. Although some species of animals can do the some of the points to which you have highlighted to some degrees. Ants and crows form Armies and go to war against each other. Some types of chimps use tools to help in their tasks. Most pack animals form some form of complex society with leaders and rules.

]]> http://6pack.co.uk/some-questions-for-evolutionists/#comment-11447 ANDRE L Tue, 22 May 2012 03:08:31 +0000 http://6pack.co.uk/some-questions-for-evolutionists/#comment-11447 HONEST people ask Science questions in the Science section. DISHONEST people ask (what they try to make look like real) Science questions in R&S. Thank you for the added evidence that religion = BAD morals. -It is time for students of the evolutionary process, especially those who have been misquoted and used by the creationists, to state clearly that evolution is a fact, not theory, and that what is at issue within biology are questions of details of the process and the relative importance of different mechanisms of evolution. It is a fact that the earth with liquid water, is more than 3.6 billion years old. It is a fact that cellular life has been around for at least half of that period and that organized multicellular life is at least 800 million years old. It is a fact that major life forms now on earth were not at all represented in the past. There were no birds or mammals 250 million years ago. It is a fact that major life forms of the past are no longer living. There used to be dinosaurs and Pithecanthropus, and there are none now. It is a fact that all living forms come from previous living forms. Therefore, all present forms of life arose from ancestral forms that were different. Birds arose from nonbirds and humans from nonhumans. No person who pretends to any understanding of the natural world can deny these facts any more than she or he can deny that the earth is round, rotates on its axis, and revolves around the sun. The controversies about evolution lie in the realm of the relative importance of various forces in molding evolution.- - R. C. Lewontin "Evolution/Creation Debate: A Time for Truth" Bioscience 31, 559 (1981) reprinted in Evolution versus Creationism, op cit. HONEST people ask Science questions in the Science section.
DISHONEST people ask (what they try to make look like real) Science questions in R&S.
Thank you for the added evidence that religion = BAD morals.
-It is time for students of the evolutionary process, especially those who have been misquoted and used by the creationists, to state clearly that evolution is a fact, not theory, and that what is at issue within biology are questions of details of the process and the relative importance of different mechanisms of evolution. It is a fact that the earth with liquid water, is more than 3.6 billion years old. It is a fact that cellular life has been around for at least half of that period and that organized multicellular life is at least 800 million years old. It is a fact that major life forms now on earth were not at all represented in the past. There were no birds or mammals 250 million years ago. It is a fact that major life forms of the past are no longer living. There used to be dinosaurs and Pithecanthropus, and there are none now. It is a fact that all living forms come from previous living forms. Therefore, all present forms of life arose from ancestral forms that were different. Birds arose from nonbirds and humans from nonhumans. No person who pretends to any understanding of the natural world can deny these facts any more than she or he can deny that the earth is round, rotates on its axis, and revolves around the sun.
The controversies about evolution lie in the realm of the relative importance of various forces in molding evolution.-
- R. C. Lewontin “Evolution/Creation Debate: A Time for Truth” Bioscience 31, 559 (1981) reprinted in Evolution versus Creationism, op cit.

]]> http://6pack.co.uk/some-questions-for-evolutionists/#comment-11446 Bulldog Drummond Mon, 21 May 2012 21:16:10 +0000 http://6pack.co.uk/some-questions-for-evolutionists/#comment-11446 Man is the only species capable of doing those things because man is the only species with an enormously expanded cerebrum. How such a cerebrum evolved is a complex question. Some evolutionary biologists believe that sexual selection rather than natural selection is a large part of the answer (the peacock's tail is another example). High intelligence has very high energy costs. Other species have found ways to live that don't entail paying those high costs. Man is the only species capable of doing those things because man is the only species with an enormously expanded cerebrum. How such a cerebrum evolved is a complex question. Some evolutionary biologists believe that sexual selection rather than natural selection is a large part of the answer (the peacock’s tail is another example).
High intelligence has very high energy costs. Other species have found ways to live that don’t entail paying those high costs.

]]> http://6pack.co.uk/some-questions-for-evolutionists/#comment-11445 jflom Mon, 21 May 2012 17:16:12 +0000 http://6pack.co.uk/some-questions-for-evolutionists/#comment-11445 Some species have camouflage, some have toxic poisons, some are fast, some can fly, we have brains that give us more intelligence. Not refuting everything you mentioned, but there are a few things to note: Other species have their methods of communicating. We aren't the only species that build weapons. We aren't the only species that look after and take care of other animals. We aren't the only species that seek control over our own species. Some species have camouflage, some have toxic poisons, some are fast, some can fly, we have brains that give us more intelligence.
Not refuting everything you mentioned, but there are a few things to note:
Other species have their methods of communicating.
We aren’t the only species that build weapons.
We aren’t the only species that look after and take care of other animals.
We aren’t the only species that seek control over our own species.

]]> http://6pack.co.uk/some-questions-for-evolutionists/#comment-11444 Rebel_H Mon, 21 May 2012 15:27:26 +0000 http://6pack.co.uk/some-questions-for-evolutionists/#comment-11444 The answer is the frontal lobe. Only mammals have it, and ours happens to be larger than the rest of mammals. It's the adaptation that help us survive when predators much stronger and larger than us threatened our survival. There is also the fact that we have developed a speech center and language and have hands that can grasp and use tools. All the things you listed are actually a consequence of Culture which is something that emerged when humans could effectively communicate by speaking and then by writing. Take a feral child for example, and they will know none of the things you have listed. The answer is the frontal lobe. Only mammals have it, and ours happens to be larger than the rest of mammals. It’s the adaptation that help us survive when predators much stronger and larger than us threatened our survival.
There is also the fact that we have developed a speech center and language and have hands that can grasp and use tools.
All the things you listed are actually a consequence of Culture which is something that emerged when humans could effectively communicate by speaking and then by writing. Take a feral child for example, and they will know none of the things you have listed.

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