* attempted [[proof by assertion]]. The classic case of such conduct was Sir [[Charles Lyell]]'s advocacy of [[uniformitarianism]], which establishes the required [[deep time]] scale and as such is the very linchpin of the evolutionary paradigm. | * attempted [[proof by assertion]]. The classic case of such conduct was Sir [[Charles Lyell]]'s advocacy of [[uniformitarianism]], which establishes the required [[deep time]] scale and as such is the very linchpin of the evolutionary paradigm. |