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originally posted by: Ghost147
a reply to: Snarl
I don't understand. You believe mutations occur, you believe speciation occurs (at least once some catastrophic event occurs), what drives mutations and speciation from your perspective?
High-altitude adaptation in humans is an instance of evolutionary modification in certain human populations, including those of Tibet in Asia, the Andes of the Americas, andEthiopia in Africa, who have acquired the ability to survive at extremely highaltitudes. This adaptation means irreversible, long-term physiological responses to high-altitude environments, associated with heritable behavioural and genetic changes.While the rest of the human population would suffer serious health consequences, the indigenous inhabitants of these regions thrive well in the highest parts of the world. These people have undergone extensive physiological and genetic changes, particularly in the regulatory systems of oxygen respiration and bloodcirculation, when compared to the general lowland population.[1][2]
originally posted by: deadlyhope
Also, he will bring up that there's a lack of proof that species can entirely change over time. Such as oceanic species becoming land species.
The Rabbit Hole
12,500 years ago, at the same time that the Great Pyramids were lining up with Orion, the Sphinx was lining up dead East on the spring equinox, thousands of miles away Angkor Wat was lining up with the constellation Dracos, and it's cones lining up with the Sun on the Spring and Winter equinox, at the same time that Tiwanaku was also lining up with the Sun on the Spring and Winter equinox.
originally posted by: deadlyhope
He believes in the 6000 year old earth, etc...
originally posted by: HeFrippedMeOff2
2) Nobody knows the Earth's age. Radioactive Carbon dating is flawed according to actual scientific blind studies, but also for logical reasons too, therefor to claim the Earth is millions or billions of years old is just as ignorant as the 6 thousand year old Earth theory.
Potassium-argon dating method
Potassium-argon dating This involves electron capture or positron decay of potassium-40 to argon-40. Potassium-40 has a half-life of 1.3 billion years, and so this method is applicable to the oldest rocks. Radioactive potassium-40 is common in micas, feldspars, and hornblendes, though the closure temperature is fairly low in these materials, about 350 °C (mica) to 500 °C (hornblende).
originally posted by: deadlyhope
I can't really refute him because I have no good example of a swimming dinosaur becoming a flying creature after millions of years, etc, and I don't know enough about human evolution.
Have a friend that's open to scientific evidence, and actually really intelligent in a myriad of scientific topics, but evolution is one where he won't yet follow modern science thought. He believes in the 6000 year old earth, etc...
originally posted by: deadlyhope
a reply to: Bone75
Hmm looked up carbon dating again for a refresh, interesting.
notjustatheory
In everyday use, theory means a guess or a hunch, something that maybe needs proof. In science, a theory is not a guess, not a hunch. It's a well-substantiated, well-supported, well-documented explanation for our observations.2 It ties together all the facts about something, providing an explanation that fits all the observations and can be used to make predictions. In science, theory is the ultimate goal, the explanation. It's as close to proven as anything in science can be.
Some people think that in science, you have a theory, and once it's proven, it becomes a law. That's not how it works. In science, we collect facts, or observations, we use laws to describe them, and a theory to explain them. You don't promote a theory to a law by proving it. A theory never becomes a law.
originally posted by: HeFrippedMeOff2
a reply to: Kandinsky
Substantiate, and provide actual verifiable, documented evidence for Evolution.
I won't hold my breath