[Phys-L] Re: prompted by intelligent design

[anngeorg at PACBELL.NET (Bernard Cleyet)]

Tanks!

SJ Gould's, recently deceased *, punctuated equilibrium, tho having many
adherents, is still not generally accepted.  However, as one detractor,
has written, we don't criticize his theory in public "... because he is
at least on our side against the creationists"

* well, in 2002.

from The Chron. Monday, May 27 2002 p.1 Science

bc, paper monster, who discovers these things when Gate Keeper gets the
declutter bug.

Shapiro, Mark wrote:

> Bernard et al.
>
> I posted a commentary on my Irascible Professor website today entitled
> "Not So Intelligent Design."  The URL is
>
> http://irascibleprofessor.com/comments-09-29-05.htm
>
> Feel free to pass it on to anyone who might be willing to read it.
>
> Mark
>
> Dr. Mark H. Shapiro
> Professor of Physics, Emeritus
> California State University, Fullerton
> Phone: 714 278-3884
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>
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> Subject: prompted by intelligent design
>
> Humans are not the end result of predictable evolutionary progress,
> but rather a fortuitous cosmic afterthought, a tiny little twig on the
> enormously arborescent bush of life, which if replanted from seed,
> would almost surely not grow this twig again. - Stephen Jay Gould