When you study science classes part of the course work is devoted to laboratory experimentation. There are no evolutionary experiments to do in biology study. Evolution is a 'theory' of the gaps. Like when a young female student is frightened in the lab by a white rat, she is comforted by the thought that millions of years ago it was a rhinocerous.
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Er... No...
Just no.
And young female students are not frightened of white rats... They use them just like everyone else. Infact my class was mainly female. There was no "ooh white rats!" And indeed its a non sequitor. Its like saying Don't worry about the tiger cause it is made of blancmange.
There are evolutionary experiments to look into. Primarily in spontaneous generation of resistances and cross breeding experimentation in fruit flies and the like.
Such a comforting thought. Still, she shouldn't be too comforted, as she's undoubtedly going to get as big a fail on her exams as you did in your comment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speciation
You fail.
"she is comforted by the thought that millions of years ago it was a rhinocerous. "
Because a rinocerous is so cute and cuddly and harmless campared to a mouse.
"When you study science classes part of the course work is devoted to laboratory experimentation. There are no evolutionary experiments to do in biology study. Evolution is a 'theory' of the gaps"
when you don't know what evolution is, it's easy to make stupid pronouncements by accident. be a little more careful next time.
"Like when a young female student is frightened in the lab by a white rat, she is comforted by the thought that millions of years ago it was a rhinocerous."
if this was a specific person then shame on her for being dumber than you. if it is (as is more likely) a hypothetical situation designed to combine strawman and stereotyping, allow me to inform you that first; the vast majority of students I know, female or otherwise, are all right with rats, and of the people I know that dislike them the first one that pops to mind is male. second, no one claims that a rhinoceros became a mouse, and the fact that you can delude yourself into thinking that idiotic statement constitutes an argument proves you terminally ignorant.
Okay Billy, today we'll be doing Evolutionary Experiments. You will not be allowed to pass the 10th grade until this is done. I hope you have no plans for the next 100,000 years.
Oh and I know young girls find Rhinoceros' to be so cute and cuddly.
The printing press was one of the greatest inventions ever. Crack a book sometime.
When we were done with the fruitfly experiment in Biology and told to destroy our colonies, I took mine home and put it away...left it undisturbed in the dark, and after a few weeks, the small surviving generation had white eyes.
And you're comforted by the thought that evilution hasn't been repeatedly proved and that women are still weak, manipulable 1950s stereotypes. But just like anyone who thinks a mouse used to be a rhinoceros, you're still scoring a 217% on the failometer.
There are no evolutionary experiments to do in biology study.
Sure there are. For example, the fossil record suggests certain evolutionary relationships - humans share a common ancestor with frogs more recently than they share one with worms. So they look at their DNA, and sure enough, when they compare the code for, say, cytochrome c, they find that the human and frog sequences are closer than human and worm or frog and worm; and in fact, the human and frog sequences are equally distant from those of the worm, exactly as evolution predicts.
See also:
Bacteria re-evolving a lost function - good lay description by Kenneth Miller.
errr, wtf? Firstly that rat wasn't around millions of years ago, in fact it probably wasn't around /years/ ago. Secondly, evolution does not work in whatever bizarre manner you're suggesting. Thirdly, evolution is a thoery -- a means to explain a natural process. It would be akin to doing gravity experiments. While possible, it would be quite a hassle to observe changes in bacteria through generations for very little payoff versus costs as the visibly observable changes would be between nonexistent and minute. Lastly, I'd be a Hell of a lot more frightened by a rhino than a rat.
"When you study science classes part of the course work is devoted to laboratory experimentation."
Indeed there is a practical component. What is the other component called? I'll give you a hint - it begins with the letter "T"... Do you get it now?
Please tell me yes.
Ilúvatar but I hate it when they take our words and try to use them against us, not understanding what they mean.
No of the gaps for you. Bad fundie.
"When you study science classes part of the course work is devoted to laboratory experimentation."
look, we agree about something!
You fail with everything else.
Evolution has bee observed in bacteria, viruses, insects, birds, fossils, etc.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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