Claim CA112:
Many mainstream scientists point out serious problems with evolution, including problems with some of its most important points.Source:
Discovery Institute, 2001. A scientific dissent from Darwinism.
http://www.discovery.org/articleFiles/PDFs/100ScientistsAd.pdf
Response:
- There are no known serious problems with the theory of evolution.
Claims that there are fall into two (overlapping) categories:
- Some supposed problems are questions about details about the
mechanisms of evolution. There are, and always will be, unanswered
details in every field of science, and evolution is no exception.
Creationists take controversies about details out of context to
falsely imply controversy about evolution as a whole.
- Some supposed problems are misunderstandings, ignorance, or fraudulent claims about what the science says.
- Some supposed problems are questions about details about the
mechanisms of evolution. There are, and always will be, unanswered
details in every field of science, and evolution is no exception.
Creationists take controversies about details out of context to
falsely imply controversy about evolution as a whole.
Links:
NCSE, 2002. Analysis of the Discovery Institute's bibliography. http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/articles/3878_analysis_of_the_discovery_inst_4_5_2002.aspTamzek, Nic, 2002. Icon of obfuscation: Jonathan Wells' book Icons of Evolution and why most of what it teaches about evolution is wrong. http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/wells/iconob.html
created 2003-3-26, modified 2004-9-14