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'''The fallacy of extrapolation''' occurs when a [[phenomenon]] responsible for a number of trivial local effects is read into the great global phenomena. For example, [[Darwin]]'s theory of [[evolution]] makes use of a fantastic extrapolation in which the mechanisms of random variation and [[natural selection]] are declared to account for the development of such complex structures as the [[mammal|mammalian]] eye or the [[immunology|immuno-defense]] system.<ref name="DeniableDarwin">{{cite book
|author=David Berlinski
|title=The Deniable Darwin
|publisher=Discovery Institute Press (reprinted from ''Commentary'' February 1998 by permission)
|location=Seattle, USA
|year=2009
|pages=307
|chapter=Has Darwin met his match?
|isbn=978-0-9790141-2-3
|url=http://www.davidberlinski.org/deniable-darwin/about.php
|quote=}}</ref>
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
[[category:Logical Fallacies]]
[[Category:Methodology of Science]]
|author=David Berlinski
|title=The Deniable Darwin
|publisher=Discovery Institute Press (reprinted from ''Commentary'' February 1998 by permission)
|location=Seattle, USA
|year=2009
|pages=307
|chapter=Has Darwin met his match?
|isbn=978-0-9790141-2-3
|url=http://www.davidberlinski.org/deniable-darwin/about.php
|quote=}}</ref>
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
[[category:Logical Fallacies]]
[[Category:Methodology of Science]]