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According to Stephen Gould, Daniel Dennet and [[Richard Dawkins]], who hold to a traditional Darwinian gradualism view of the theory of evolution, trivialized the importance of the theory of punctuated equilibrium.<ref name="gouldstructure">http://www.stephenjaygould.org/library/gould_structure.html</ref> Dawkins called the theory of punctuated equilibrium "an interesting but minor wrinkle on the surface of Neo-Darwinism theory". Dennet went farther and stated that the theory of punctuated equilibrium was a "a false-alarm revolution that was largely if not entirely in the eyes of the beholders."<ref name="gouldstructure" />
According to Stephen Gould, Daniel Dennet and [[Richard Dawkins]], who hold to a traditional Darwinian gradualism view of the theory of evolution, trivialized the importance of the theory of punctuated equilibrium.<ref name="gouldstructure">http://www.stephenjaygould.org/library/gould_structure.html</ref> Dawkins called the theory of punctuated equilibrium "an interesting but minor wrinkle on the surface of Neo-Darwinism theory". Dennet went farther and stated that the theory of punctuated equilibrium was a "a false-alarm revolution that was largely if not entirely in the eyes of the beholders."<ref name="gouldstructure" />
==The Issue of Whether the Evolutionary Position Qualifies as a Scientific Theory==
== Unqualified to be a scientific theory==
[[Image:Image014.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[[Karl Popper]]]]
[[Image:Image014.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[[Karl Popper]]]]
[[Karl Popper]], a leading philosopher of science and originator of the falsifiability as a criterion of demarcation of science from nonscience,<ref>
[[Karl Popper]], a leading philosopher of science and originator of the falsifiability as a criterion of demarcation of science from nonscience,<ref>
The [[Sweden|Swedish]] cytogeneticist, Antonio Lima-De-Faria, who has been knighted
The [[Sweden|Swedish]] cytogeneticist, Antonio Lima-De-Faria, who has been knighted
by the king of Sweden for his scientific achievements, noted that "there has never been a theory of evolution".<ref>[http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00053.htm Altenberg 16: An Exposé Of The Evolution Industry, July 6, 2008, by Suzan Mazur]</ref><ref>http://post-darwinist.blogspot.com/2009/05/more-tales-from-altenberg-suzan-mazurs.html</ref>
by the king of Sweden for his scientific achievements, noted that "there has never been a theory of evolution".<ref>[http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00053.htm Altenberg 16: An Exposé Of The Evolution Industry, July 6, 2008, by Suzan Mazur]</ref><ref>http://post-darwinist.blogspot.com/2009/05/more-tales-from-altenberg-suzan-mazurs.html</ref>
== Atheism and the evolutionary paradigm are religious in nature and legal implications ==
== Atheism and the evolutionary paradigm are religious in nature and legal implications ==