Someone posted the following link in another froup. However it has
significant relevance to multiple threads and topics in T.O., and so I
post it here:

<https://www.ag-evolutionsbiologie.net/pdf/2023/evolution-why-birds-are-living-dinosaurs.pdf>

<https://tinyurl.com/ycy26b6w>

From the introduction:
******************************
Thus, birds are members of the dinosaur subgroup Theropoda
(carnivorous bipeds), of the theropod subgroup Coelurosauria
(hollow-tailed lizards), and of the coelurosaur subgroup Maniraptora
(“hand snatchers”). Today, only a very few dinosaur specialists and paleornithologists dispute this finding, and the few who do so seem to
have ideological rather than scientific reasons

[...]

The knowledge that modern birds (crown group birds) differ from early
theropods only by graded similarities has always been a thorn in the
side of religious evolution deniers (creationists). It simply does not
fit well into the mould of genealogically separated lineages or “basic kinds” of life originated by supernatural acts of divine creation.
Instead, graded similarities between seemingly fundamentally different
groups of animals fulfill a central expectation of the theory of
evolution. Hence, it is no surprise that since the discovery of the
famous proto-bird Archaeopteryx, creationists have been running up
against the theropod affiliation of birds.
*******************************

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jillery wrote:

Someone posted the following link in another froup. However it has significant relevance to multiple threads and topics in T.O., and so I
post it here:

<https://www.ag-evolutionsbiologie.net/pdf/2023/evolution-why-birds-are-living-dinosaurs.pdf>

<https://tinyurl.com/ycy26b6w>

From the introduction:
******************************
Thus, birds are members of the dinosaur subgroup Theropoda
(carnivorous bipeds), of the theropod subgroup Coelurosauria
(hollow-tailed lizards), and of the coelurosaur subgroup Maniraptora
(“hand snatchers”). Today, only a very few dinosaur specialists and paleornithologists dispute this finding, and the few who do so seem to
have ideological rather than scientific reasons

[...]

The knowledge that modern birds (crown group birds) differ from early theropods only by graded similarities has always been a thorn in the
side of religious evolution deniers (creationists).

The fact is, intelligent design is distinct from biblical creationism!

It's possible to disagree with evolution on scientific grounds rather than based on a religious paradigm? Maybe, but not without a penalty. https://www.discovery.org/a/2845/

It simply does not

fit well into the mould of genealogically separated lineages or “basic kinds” of life originated by supernatural acts of divine creation.
Instead, graded similarities between seemingly fundamentally different
groups of animals fulfill a central expectation of the theory of
evolution. Hence, it is no surprise that since the discovery of the
famous proto-bird Archaeopteryx, creationists have been running up
against the theropod affiliation of birds.
*******************************

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jun/28/do-we-need-a-new-theory-of-evolution

To know less than we don't know is the nature of most knowledge

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On Monday, October 9, 2023 at 1:26:03 PM UTC-4, Ron Dean wrote:

jillery wrote:

Someone posted the following link in another froup. However it has significant relevance to multiple threads and topics in T.O., and so I post it here:

<https://www.ag-evolutionsbiologie.net/pdf/2023/evolution-why-birds-are-living-dinosaurs.pdf>

<https://tinyurl.com/ycy26b6w>

From the introduction:
******************************
Thus, birds are members of the dinosaur subgroup Theropoda
(carnivorous bipeds), of the theropod subgroup Coelurosauria (hollow-tailed lizards), and of the coelurosaur subgroup Maniraptora (“hand snatchers”). Today, only a very few dinosaur specialists and paleornithologists dispute this finding, and the few who do so seem to have ideological rather than scientific reasons

[...]

The knowledge that modern birds (crown group birds) differ from early theropods only by graded similarities has always been a thorn in the
side of religious evolution deniers (creationists).

The fact is, intelligent design is distinct from biblical creationism!

It's possible to disagree with evolution on scientific grounds rather than based on a religious paradigm? Maybe, but not without a penalty. https://www.discovery.org/a/2845/

No. Nobody in intelligent design acts like a scientist. They claim to have evidence for an Intelligent Designer responsible for the values of the fundamental constants of nature, the origin of life, the origin of a whole bunch of complex biological
systems, the origin of metazoan body plans, and many other things. That would be fantastically interesting. Any scientist who thought they had evidence for such a thing would immediately start trying to make models of what the designer is like, try to
come up with predictions based on those characteristics of the designer, and think up experiments to test the models. Instead, once they say they think an Intelligent Designer was involved in anything, they simply stop, and say, we cannot know anything
about the Intelligent Designer. That's not what an actual scientist, particularly a scientist who thought they had solid scientific evidence that evolution was false and intelligent design was true would do. The behavior of IDists makes it absolutely
clear that they are not approaching the question scientifically. And the overwhelming majority will admit to their religious motivations, at least when not talking in mixed company.

It simply does not

fit well into the mould of genealogically separated lineages or “basic kinds” of life originated by supernatural acts of divine creation. Instead, graded similarities between seemingly fundamentally different groups of animals fulfill a central expectation of the theory of evolution. Hence, it is no surprise that since the discovery of the
famous proto-bird Archaeopteryx, creationists have been running up
against the theropod affiliation of birds.
*******************************

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jun/28/do-we-need-a-new-theory-of-evolution

To know less than we don't know is the nature of most knowledge

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On 10/9/23 10:25 AM, Ron Dean wrote:

jillery wrote:

Someone posted the following link in another froup.  However it has
significant relevance to multiple threads and topics in T.O., and so I
post it here:

<https://www.ag-evolutionsbiologie.net/pdf/2023/evolution-why-birds-are-living-dinosaurs.pdf>

<https://tinyurl.com/ycy26b6w>

 From the introduction:
******************************
Thus, birds are members of the dinosaur subgroup Theropoda
(carnivorous bipeds), of the theropod subgroup Coelurosauria
(hollow-tailed lizards), and of the coelurosaur subgroup Maniraptora
(“hand snatchers”). Today, only a very few dinosaur specialists and
paleornithologists dispute this finding, and the few who do so seem to
have ideological rather than scientific reasons

[...]

The knowledge that modern birds (crown group birds) differ from early
theropods only by graded similarities has always been a thorn in the
side of religious evolution deniers (creationists).

The fact is, intelligent design is distinct from biblical creationism!

It's possible to disagree with evolution on scientific grounds rather than based on a religious paradigm? Maybe, but not without a penalty. https://www.discovery.org/a/2845/

 It simply does not

fit well into the mould of genealogically separated lineages or “basic
kinds” of life originated by supernatural acts of divine creation.
Instead, graded similarities between seemingly fundamentally different
groups of animals fulfill a central expectation of the theory of
evolution. Hence, it is no surprise that since the discovery of the
famous proto-bird Archaeopteryx, creationists have been running up
against the theropod affiliation of birds.
*******************************

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jun/28/do-we-need-a-new-theory-of-evolution

Nothing to do with ID, and nothing to do with bird evolution. But other
than that, it's a collection of mostly crackpots.

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On Mon, 9 Oct 2023 13:25:09 -0400, Ron Dean
<rondean-noreply@gmail.com> wrote:

jillery wrote:

Someone posted the following link in another froup. However it has
significant relevance to multiple threads and topics in T.O., and so I
post it here:

<https://www.ag-evolutionsbiologie.net/pdf/2023/evolution-why-birds-are-living-dinosaurs.pdf>

<https://tinyurl.com/ycy26b6w>

From the introduction:
******************************
Thus, birds are members of the dinosaur subgroup Theropoda
(carnivorous bipeds), of the theropod subgroup Coelurosauria
(hollow-tailed lizards), and of the coelurosaur subgroup Maniraptora
(“hand snatchers”). Today, only a very few dinosaur specialists and
paleornithologists dispute this finding, and the few who do so seem to
have ideological rather than scientific reasons

[...]

The knowledge that modern birds (crown group birds) differ from early
theropods only by graded similarities has always been a thorn in the
side of religious evolution deniers (creationists). It simply does not
fit well into the mould of genealogically separated lineages or “basic
kinds” of life originated by supernatural acts of divine creation.
Instead, graded similarities between seemingly fundamentally different
groups of animals fulfill a central expectation of the theory of
evolution. Hence, it is no surprise that since the discovery of the
famous proto-bird Archaeopteryx, creationists have been running up
against the theropod affiliation of birds.
*******************************

The fact is, intelligent design is distinct from biblical creationism!

It's possible to disagree with evolution on scientific grounds rather than >based on a religious paradigm? Maybe, but not without a penalty. >https://www.discovery.org/a/2845/

From your cited link above:
*********************************
The theory proposes that many of the most intricate features of the
natural world (like the amazing molecular machines within the cell)
are best explained as the product of an intelligent cause rather than
an undirected process like natural selection. **********************************

It may be theoretically possible to discuss ID scientifically, but I
know of no one who does, including your favorite William Dembski.
Without a *description* of its presumptive designer's abilities, the
above proposal would be a religious assertion without basis, not a
scientific one.

Also from your cited link:
**********************************
At George Mason University in Virginia, biology professor Caroline
Crocker was banned earlier this year from teaching about intelligent
design in her classes.
**********************************

The comment above is yet another baseless claim, and is almost
certainly an outright lie:
<https://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/08-04-23/#part3> ************************************
Although in interviews and trailers for Expelled Dr. Crocker and her documentary host Ben Stein repeatedly claim she “lost her job,” the
facts show that, less dramatically, her contracts at both GMU and NVCC
were allowed to continue through their natural terms and were simply
not renewed.

[...]

The actual contents of the lecture described in the Washington Post
article — by her own admission the same material she had previously
taught at GMU — sound like a compendium of discredited arguments from
bad Creationist literature. Crocker “told the students there were two
kinds of evolution: microevolution and macroevolution. Microevolution
is … quite different from macroevolution. No one has ever seen a dog
turn into a cat in a laboratory.”
*************************************

Ms Crocker is a manufactured martyr. Her lectures taught neither
evolution nor ID scientifically.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jun/28/do-we-need-a-new-theory-of-evolution

Scientific criticism of ToE is not the same thing as support for ID.
Even if ToE was shown to be scientifically inaccurate to any degree,
that would say nothing about the veracity of ID. This is the kind of
false dichotomy which shows cdesign proponentsists don't argue
intelligently about ID.

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broger...@gmail.com wrote:

On Monday, October 9, 2023 at 1:26:03 PM UTC-4, Ron Dean wrote:

jillery wrote:

Someone posted the following link in another froup. However it has
significant relevance to multiple threads and topics in T.O., and so I
post it here:

<https://www.ag-evolutionsbiologie.net/pdf/2023/evolution-why-birds-are-living-dinosaurs.pdf>

<https://tinyurl.com/ycy26b6w>

From the introduction:
******************************
Thus, birds are members of the dinosaur subgroup Theropoda
(carnivorous bipeds), of the theropod subgroup Coelurosauria
(hollow-tailed lizards), and of the coelurosaur subgroup Maniraptora
(“hand snatchers”). Today, only a very few dinosaur specialists and
paleornithologists dispute this finding, and the few who do so seem to
have ideological rather than scientific reasons

[...]

The knowledge that modern birds (crown group birds) differ from early
theropods only by graded similarities has always been a thorn in the
side of religious evolution deniers (creationists).

The fact is, intelligent design is distinct from biblical creationism!

It's possible to disagree with evolution on scientific grounds rather than >> based on a religious paradigm? Maybe, but not without a penalty.
https://www.discovery.org/a/2845/

No. Nobody in intelligent design acts like a scientist. They claim to have evidence for an Intelligent Designer responsible for the values of the fundamental constants of nature, the origin of life, the origin of a whole bunch of complex biological

systems, the origin of metazoan body plans, and many other things. That would be fantastically interesting. Any scientist who thought they had evidence for such a thing would immediately start trying to make models of what the designer is like, try to
come up with predictions based on those characteristics of the designer, and think up experiments to test the models. Instead, once they say they think an Intelligent Designer was involved in anything, they simply stop, and say, we cannot know anything
about the Intelligent Designer.

I disagree! It's entirely possible to recognize design without knowing
anything about
the designer. How many people watch TV knowing nothing about the
designer or
about how a TV works. Archeologist frequently dig up objects recognizing design,
but without knowing who or for what purpose. So, one might say we know
it was
a human, but that's besides the point, design often is recognized by out
of place
instances, straight lines and impossible natural formations.

That's not what an actual scientist, particularly a scientist who
thought they had solid scientific evidence that evolution was false and intelligent design was true would do. The behavior of IDists makes it absolutely clear that they are not approaching the question
scientifically. And the overwhelming majority will admit to their
religious motivations, at least when not talking in mixed company.

There are those who have religious motivations, but there are also
people with anti-
religious motivations. I think this describes quite a few evolutionist.
And in both
cases their paradigm take precedence, predominance and priority over
opinion,
evidence and facts.

It simply does not

fit well into the mould of genealogically separated lineages or “basic >>> kinds” of life originated by supernatural acts of divine creation.
Instead, graded similarities between seemingly fundamentally different
groups of animals fulfill a central expectation of the theory of
evolution. Hence, it is no surprise that since the discovery of the
famous proto-bird Archaeopteryx, creationists have been running up
against the theropod affiliation of birds.

*******************************

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jun/28/do-we-need-a-new-theory-of-evolution

To know less than we don't know is the nature of most knowledge

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John Harshman wrote:

On 10/9/23 10:25 AM, Ron Dean wrote:

jillery wrote:

Someone posted the following link in another froup.  However it has
significant relevance to multiple threads and topics in T.O., and so I
post it here:

<https://www.ag-evolutionsbiologie.net/pdf/2023/evolution-why-birds-are-living-dinosaurs.pdf>


<https://tinyurl.com/ycy26b6w>

 From the introduction:
******************************
Thus, birds are members of the dinosaur subgroup Theropoda
(carnivorous bipeds), of the theropod subgroup Coelurosauria
(hollow-tailed lizards), and of the coelurosaur subgroup Maniraptora
(“hand snatchers”). Today, only a very few dinosaur specialists and
paleornithologists dispute this finding, and the few who do so seem to
have ideological rather than scientific reasons

[...]

The knowledge that modern birds (crown group birds) differ from early
theropods only by graded similarities has always been a thorn in the
side of religious evolution deniers (creationists).
;

The fact is, intelligent design is distinct from biblical creationism!

;

It's possible to disagree with evolution on scientific grounds rather
than
based on a religious paradigm? Maybe, but not without a penalty.
https://www.discovery.org/a/2845/

  It simply does not

fit well into the mould of genealogically separated lineages or “basic >>> kinds” of life originated by supernatural acts of divine creation.
Instead, graded similarities between seemingly fundamentally different
groups of animals fulfill a central expectation of the theory of
evolution. Hence, it is no surprise that since the discovery of the
famous proto-bird Archaeopteryx, creationists have been running up
against the theropod affiliation of birds.
*******************************

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jun/28/do-we-need-a-new-theory-of-evolution

Nothing to do with ID, and nothing to do with bird evolution. But other
than that, it's a collection of mostly crackpots.

I did not make any association between the article and ID. What do you know about the credentials of any of these people or the finer points of
their problems
with modern evolution? Does biases play any part?

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On Tuesday, October 10, 2023 at 11:41:04 AM UTC-4, Ron Dean wrote:

broger...@gmail.com wrote:

On Monday, October 9, 2023 at 1:26:03 PM UTC-4, Ron Dean wrote:

jillery wrote:

Someone posted the following link in another froup. However it has
significant relevance to multiple threads and topics in T.O., and so I >>> post it here:

<https://www.ag-evolutionsbiologie.net/pdf/2023/evolution-why-birds-are-living-dinosaurs.pdf>

<https://tinyurl.com/ycy26b6w>

From the introduction:
******************************
Thus, birds are members of the dinosaur subgroup Theropoda
(carnivorous bipeds), of the theropod subgroup Coelurosauria
(hollow-tailed lizards), and of the coelurosaur subgroup Maniraptora
(“hand snatchers”). Today, only a very few dinosaur specialists and >>> paleornithologists dispute this finding, and the few who do so seem to >>> have ideological rather than scientific reasons

[...]

The knowledge that modern birds (crown group birds) differ from early >>> theropods only by graded similarities has always been a thorn in the
side of religious evolution deniers (creationists).

The fact is, intelligent design is distinct from biblical creationism! >>>
It's possible to disagree with evolution on scientific grounds rather than
based on a religious paradigm? Maybe, but not without a penalty.
https://www.discovery.org/a/2845/

No. Nobody in intelligent design acts like a scientist. They claim to have evidence for an Intelligent Designer responsible for the values of the fundamental constants of nature, the origin of life, the origin of a whole bunch of complex biological

systems, the origin of metazoan body plans, and many other things. That would be fantastically interesting. Any scientist who thought they had evidence for such a thing would immediately start trying to make models of what the designer is like, try to
come up with predictions based on those characteristics of the designer, and think up experiments to test the models. Instead, once they say they think an Intelligent Designer was involved in anything, they simply stop, and say, we cannot know anything
about the Intelligent Designer.

I disagree! It's entirely possible to recognize design without knowing anything about
the designer.

I know you disagree. A scientist, however, would not stop at the conclusion that there was an unspecified designer, an actual ID scientist, would do what scientists do, ask questions about the designer, make models of the designer based on existing
evidence, think up experiments to test the models. The fact that none of the alleged "ID scientists" actually do any of those things is the clearest indication that they are not treating ID as science.

How many people watch TV knowing nothing about the
designer or
about how a TV works.

Most people who watch TV are aware that TVs are designed and built by human beings. Do you have doubts about the supernatural origin of television?

Archeologist frequently dig up objects recognizing
design,
but without knowing who or for what purpose. So, one might say we know
it was
a human, but that's besides the point, design often is recognized by out
of place
instances, straight lines and impossible natural formations.

But archaeologists do not throw up their hands and stop there, because they are actual scientists. They try to find out about the purpose or the people who made the stuff.

That's not what an actual scientist, particularly a scientist who
thought they had solid scientific evidence that evolution was false and intelligent design was true would do. The behavior of IDists makes it absolutely clear that they are not approaching the question
scientifically. And the overwhelming majority will admit to their
religious motivations, at least when not talking in mixed company.

There are those who have religious motivations, but there are also
people with anti-
religious motivations. I think this describes quite a few evolutionist.

You are simply wrong about that. Biologists, as a rule, do not go about their work thinking about how they can disprove God. They are curious about how the world works and like to figure things out. Some of them don't think about God at all; some believe
in God, the majority don't, but that is irrelevant to their motivation to figure things out about biology.

And in both
cases their paradigm take precedence, predominance and priority over opinion,
evidence and facts.

Many people are actually willing to change their minds based upon evidence. For example, if you had positive evidence of an intelligent designer (as opposed to poorly thought out critiques of the ToE) lots of scientists would be interested.

It simply does not

fit well into the mould of genealogically separated lineages or “basic >>> kinds” of life originated by supernatural acts of divine creation.
Instead, graded similarities between seemingly fundamentally different >>> groups of animals fulfill a central expectation of the theory of
evolution. Hence, it is no surprise that since the discovery of the
famous proto-bird Archaeopteryx, creationists have been running up
against the theropod affiliation of birds.

*******************************

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jun/28/do-we-need-a-new-theory-of-evolution

To know less than we don't know is the nature of most knowledge

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On 10/10/23 8:42 AM, Ron Dean wrote:

John Harshman wrote:

On 10/9/23 10:25 AM, Ron Dean wrote:

jillery wrote:

Someone posted the following link in another froup.  However it has
significant relevance to multiple threads and topics in T.O., and so I >>>> post it here:

<https://www.ag-evolutionsbiologie.net/pdf/2023/evolution-why-birds-are-living-dinosaurs.pdf>

<https://tinyurl.com/ycy26b6w>

 From the introduction:
******************************
Thus, birds are members of the dinosaur subgroup Theropoda
(carnivorous bipeds), of the theropod subgroup Coelurosauria
(hollow-tailed lizards), and of the coelurosaur subgroup Maniraptora
(“hand snatchers”). Today, only a very few dinosaur specialists and >>>> paleornithologists dispute this finding, and the few who do so seem to >>>> have ideological rather than scientific reasons

[...]

The knowledge that modern birds (crown group birds) differ from early
theropods only by graded similarities has always been a thorn in the
side of religious evolution deniers (creationists).
;

The fact is, intelligent design is distinct from biblical creationism!

;

It's possible to disagree with evolution on scientific grounds rather
than
based on a religious paradigm? Maybe, but not without a penalty.
https://www.discovery.org/a/2845/

  It simply does not

fit well into the mould of genealogically separated lineages or “basic >>>> kinds” of life originated by supernatural acts of divine creation.
Instead, graded similarities between seemingly fundamentally different >>>> groups of animals fulfill a central expectation of the theory of
evolution. Hence, it is no surprise that since the discovery of the
famous proto-bird Archaeopteryx, creationists have been running up
against the theropod affiliation of birds.
*******************************

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jun/28/do-we-need-a-new-theory-of-evolution

Nothing to do with ID, and nothing to do with bird evolution. But
other than that, it's a collection of mostly crackpots.

I did not make any association between the article and ID. What do you know about the credentials of any of these people or the finer points of
their problems
with modern evolution? Does biases play any part?

Then what was your purpose in posting the link? Credentials are
meaningless, and I know quite a bit about the finer points of their
problems. Does biases pay any part in what?

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On 10/10/23 8:36 AM, Ron Dean wrote:

broger...@gmail.com wrote:

On Monday, October 9, 2023 at 1:26:03 PM UTC-4, Ron Dean wrote:

jillery wrote:

Someone posted the following link in another froup. However it has
significant relevance to multiple threads and topics in T.O., and so I >>>> post it here:

<https://www.ag-evolutionsbiologie.net/pdf/2023/evolution-why-birds-are-living-dinosaurs.pdf>

<https://tinyurl.com/ycy26b6w>

 From the introduction:
******************************
Thus, birds are members of the dinosaur subgroup Theropoda
(carnivorous bipeds), of the theropod subgroup Coelurosauria
(hollow-tailed lizards), and of the coelurosaur subgroup Maniraptora
(“hand snatchers”). Today, only a very few dinosaur specialists and >>>> paleornithologists dispute this finding, and the few who do so seem to >>>> have ideological rather than scientific reasons

[...]

The knowledge that modern birds (crown group birds) differ from early
theropods only by graded similarities has always been a thorn in the
side of religious evolution deniers (creationists).

The fact is, intelligent design is distinct from biblical creationism!

It's possible to disagree with evolution on scientific grounds rather
than
based on a religious paradigm? Maybe, but not without a penalty.
https://www.discovery.org/a/2845/

No. Nobody in intelligent design acts like a scientist. They claim to
have evidence for an Intelligent Designer responsible for the values
of the fundamental constants of nature, the origin of life, the origin
of a whole bunch of complex biological systems, the origin of metazoan
body plans, and many other things. That would be fantastically
interesting. Any scientist who thought they had evidence for such a
thing would immediately start trying to make models of what the
designer is like, try to come up with predictions based on those
characteristics of the designer, and think up experiments to test the
models. Instead, once they say they think an Intelligent Designer was
involved in anything, they simply stop, and say, we cannot know
anything about the Intelligent Designer.

I disagree! It's entirely possible to recognize design without knowing anything about
the designer. How many people watch TV knowing nothing about the
designer or
about how a TV works. Archeologist frequently dig up objects recognizing design,
but without knowing who or for what purpose. So, one might say we know
it was
a human, but that's besides the point, design often is recognized by out
of place
instances, straight lines and impossible natural formations.

It is possible, but far from easy, to recognize design without first
knowing anything about the designer. However, you need to answer the
question, "How do you do that?" Appealing to archaeologists doesn't
work, because archaeologists already know about the designers.
Unexpected formations don't work, because we often find natural
explanations for them later, and we may well do so again with the next one.

So how does one recognize design by a completely unknown designer? I
can think of two ways. 1: Find models and preliminary sketches which
have no other function but being preliminary. 2: Learn about the
designer. Do you know another way?

--
Mark Isaak
"Wisdom begins when you discover the difference between 'That
doesn't make sense' and 'I don't understand.'" - Mary Doria Russell

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On 09/03/2024 17:13, Ron Dean wrote:

John Harshman wrote:

On 3/9/24 3:08 AM, jillery wrote:

On Fri, 8 Mar 2024 16:29:10 -0800, John Harshman
<john.harshman@gmail.com> wrote:

On 3/8/24 1:04 PM, Ron Dean wrote:

John Harshman wrote:

On 3/8/24 11:46 AM, Ron Dean wrote:

John Harshman wrote:

On 10/10/23 8:42 AM, Ron Dean wrote:

John Harshman wrote:

On 10/9/23 10:25 AM, Ron Dean wrote:

jillery wrote:

Someone posted the following link in another froup.  However >>>>>>>>>>>> it has
significant relevance to multiple threads and topics in T.O., >>>>>>>>>>>> and so I
post it here:

<https://www.ag-evolutionsbiologie.net/pdf/2023/evolution-why-birds-are-living-dinosaurs.pdf>

<https://tinyurl.com/ycy26b6w>

  From the introduction:
******************************
Thus, birds are members of the dinosaur subgroup Theropoda >>>>>>>>>>>> (carnivorous bipeds), of the theropod subgroup Coelurosauria >>>>>>>>>>>> (hollow-tailed lizards), and of the coelurosaur subgroup >>>>>>>>>>>> Maniraptora
(“hand snatchers”). Today, only a very few dinosaur >>>>>>>>>>>> specialists and
paleornithologists dispute this finding, and the few who do so >>>>>>>>>>>> seem to
have ideological rather than scientific reasons

[...]

The knowledge that modern birds (crown group birds) differ from >>>>>>>>>>>> early
theropods only by graded similarities has always been a >>>>>>>>>>>> thorn in
the
side of religious evolution deniers (creationists).

  >
The fact is, intelligent design is distinct from biblical >>>>>>>>>>> creationism!
  >
It's possible to disagree with evolution on scientific grounds >>>>>>>>>>> rather than
based on a religious paradigm? Maybe, but not without a penalty. >>>>>>>>>>> https://www.discovery.org/a/2845/
   It simply does not

fit well into the mould of genealogically separated lineages or >>>>>>>>>>>> “basic
kinds” of life originated by supernatural acts of divine >>>>>>>>>>>> creation.
Instead, graded similarities between seemingly fundamentally >>>>>>>>>>>> different
groups of animals fulfill a central expectation of the >>>>>>>>>>>> theory of
evolution. Hence, it is no surprise that since the discovery >>>>>>>>>>>> of the
famous proto-bird Archaeopteryx, creationists have been >>>>>>>>>>>> running up
against the theropod affiliation of birds.
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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jun/28/do-we-need-a-new-theory-of-evolution

Nothing to do with ID, and nothing to do with bird evolution. But >>>>>>>>>> other than that, it's a collection of mostly crackpots.

I did not make any association between the article and ID. What do >>>>>>>>> you know
about the credentials of any of these people or the finer
points of
their problems
with modern evolution? Does biases play any part?

Then what was your purpose in posting the link? Credentials are >>>>>>>> meaningless, and I know quite a bit about the finer points of their >>>>>>>> problems. Does biases pay any part in what?

Did I get credit for the above statement: I should _not_ have!

So who said that? And what was your purpose in posting that link?

I did not, until just now I never saw it.

Then why is your name, and nobody else's, in the attributions?

ISTM you're both confused and confusing.  My name is in the
attributions, because I posted the links which first appear in the
quoted text above.  OTOH it's not clear to me to which statements you
and Ron Dean allude.  It's possible you and he are talking at
cross-purposes.

Quite possible. To be clear, though I think it should have been clear
already. The link I refer to is this one:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jun/28/do-we-need-a-new-theory-of-evolution

Pretty sure that was Ron. You posted a link too, but that was several
layers in.

Well, you're mistaken.

Have you been to Google Groups to see who first posted that link?

--
alias Ernest Major

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On 10/9/23 10:25 AM, Ron Dean wrote:

jillery wrote:

Someone posted the following link in another froup.  However it has
significant relevance to multiple threads and topics in T.O., and so I
post it here:

<https://www.ag-evolutionsbiologie.net/pdf/2023/evolution-why-birds-are-living-dinosaurs.pdf>

<https://tinyurl.com/ycy26b6w>

 From the introduction:
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Thus, birds are members of the dinosaur subgroup Theropoda
(carnivorous bipeds), of the theropod subgroup Coelurosauria
(hollow-tailed lizards), and of the coelurosaur subgroup Maniraptora
(“hand snatchers”). Today, only a very few dinosaur specialists and
paleornithologists dispute this finding, and the few who do so seem to
have ideological rather than scientific reasons

[...]

The knowledge that modern birds (crown group birds) differ from early
theropods only by graded similarities has always been a thorn in the
side of religious evolution deniers (creationists).

The fact is, intelligent design is distinct from biblical creationism!

It's possible to disagree with evolution on scientific grounds rather than based on a religious paradigm? Maybe, but not without a penalty. https://www.discovery.org/a/2845/

 It simply does not

fit well into the mould of genealogically separated lineages or “basic
kinds” of life originated by supernatural acts of divine creation.
Instead, graded similarities between seemingly fundamentally different
groups of animals fulfill a central expectation of the theory of
evolution. Hence, it is no surprise that since the discovery of the
famous proto-bird Archaeopteryx, creationists have been running up
against the theropod affiliation of birds.
*******************************

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jun/28/do-we-need-a-new-theory-of-evolution

To know less than we don't know is the nature of most knowledge

In a subthread, Ron denies posting the last link given above, in a post
which my browser says was made by Ron. I also checked Jillery's post
which it is a reply to, and the theguardian.com link is not in that post.

--
Mark Isaak
"Wisdom begins when you discover the difference between 'That
doesn't make sense' and 'I don't understand.'" - Mary Doria Russell

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