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From: Bob Casanova <nospam@buzz.off>
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Subject: Re: The status of ID and a personal reflection
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 23:00:03 -0700
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On Mon, 17 Mar 2025 21:21:45 -0600, the following appeared
in talk.origins, posted by Pro Plyd
<invalide@invalid.invalid>:

>Bob Casanova wrote:
>> On Wed, 26 Feb 2025 17:41:22 +0000, the following appeared
>> in talk.origins, posted by Martin Harran
>> <martinharran@gmail.com>:
>> 
>>> On Wed, 26 Feb 2025 22:24:23 +1100, MarkE <me22over7@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> [...]
>>>> As I said, "This post is not an opportunity to dive down the hundred
>>>> rabbit holes that this overview touches on." The micro/macro question is
>>>> _the_ evolution debate.
>>>
>>> Simply clarifying whether you accept that humans are members of the
>>> ape family, all evolved from a common ancestor, or whether you think
>>> humans were created separately as a standalone species doesn't involve
>>> any rabbit holes.
>>>
>> Of course it doesn't. If this discussion were a football
>> game (US type), he'd be a star receiver; he can weave and
>> dodge with the best of them.
>> 
>> (Still waiting for that info regarding the "Increased
>> traction" for ID...)
>
>
>Here it is:
>
Yeah, that was my take, too:

1) Assert.
2) When asked for evidence, ignore or waffle.
3) Reassert.

Lather, rinse, repeat.
>
-- 

Bob C.

"The most exciting phrase to hear in science,
 the one that heralds new discoveries, is not
 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"

- Isaac Asimov