Difference between revisions of "Counterexamples to Evolution"
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* The enormous gaps in the [[fossils|fossil]] record. | * The enormous gaps in the [[fossils|fossil]] record. | ||
* The development of feathers, which could not have conceivably "grown" from the scales of dinosaurs<ref>http://icb.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/40/4/687.pdf</ref> | * The development of feathers, which could not have conceivably "grown" from the scales of dinosaurs<ref>http://icb.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/40/4/687.pdf</ref> | ||
| − | *The [[flagellum]] a multi-part cellular motor which fails to function if a single part is removed is the classic example of [[irreducible complexity]] and cannot arise according to the theory of evolution. | + | * The [[flagellum]] a multi-part cellular motor which fails to function if a single part is removed is the classic example of [[irreducible complexity]] and cannot arise according to the theory of evolution. |
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| + | * Concioussness - No animal displays self awareness, morality, or self sacrifice while man does. If man were evolved from lower life forms, we would expect other animals to display these traits. Since they do not, it's clear that man is not simply an animal. | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 20:20, October 25, 2008
The theory of evolution cannot permit any "counterexamples," or examples of things that could not have evolved. As in logic, the existence of merely one counterexample disproves the truth of the rule.
Here are some counterexamples to evolution:
- beautiful autumn foliage, which lacks any plausible evolutionary explanation
- the whale, which has no plausible ancestor (Charles Darwin suggested black bears)
- the eye, which lacks a plausible pathway for incremental evolution
- bloodclotting, which also lacks a plausible pathway for incremental evolution
- Jellyfish in Hawaii, which swarm to the beaches precisely 9 to 10 days after each full moon[1]
- cicada that appear like clockwork every 13 years for some species, and every 17 years for others[2]
- migratory powers of butterflies and birds[3]
- The neck of the giraffe.
- The enormous gaps in the fossil record.
- The development of feathers, which could not have conceivably "grown" from the scales of dinosaurs[4]
- The flagellum a multi-part cellular motor which fails to function if a single part is removed is the classic example of irreducible complexity and cannot arise according to the theory of evolution.
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- Concioussness - No animal displays self awareness, morality, or self sacrifice while man does. If man were evolved from lower life forms, we would expect other animals to display these traits. Since they do not, it's clear that man is not simply an animal.