tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post6674032697258016575..comments2024-03-16T23:22:45.187+00:00Comments on Rosa Rubicondior: Green River Exposes Layers of Creationist LiesRosa Rubicondiorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06063268216781988588noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post-88018095098874357142015-05-31T10:35:11.235+01:002015-05-31T10:35:11.235+01:00Interesting. I'll see what I can find but on f...Interesting. I'll see what I can find but on first reading it looks like Mackay has done the usual creationist thing of taking one small aspect and presenting it as though 'evolutionists' rely entirely on it. But he misrepresents the facts anyway. There s of course nothing to prevent a fish body sinking into the soft sediment on which it comes to rest. He seems to be assuming that his readers will assume that the surface of the sediment is solid and bases his calculation entirely on this fallacy. <br /><br />Also, his asserts that this is the same species as a living Australian species but presents no evidence for that. Even if that's true, why is that a problem? He is implicitly buying into a parody version of the TOE which says that all species must evolve morphologically and significantly over time. There is nothing in the TOE that requires this. Typically for a creationist pseudo-scientist, he is attacking a parody of the science and depending on his targets' ignorance of the real thing.<br /><br />Lastly, even <b>if</b> the fossilisation of these fish were a problem, they are but one small element of the entire body of science that shows the Green River varves form annually. Within that entire body there may well be a few small matters yet to be explained, but, given the weight of the rest of the evidence, these do not destroy the entire science. Mackay typically attacks these small, as yet unexplained problems and implies that his is the only alternative. However, he never presents any evidence for creationism. This is the false dichotomy fallacy - another creationist tactic used on an ignorant target audience.Rosa Rubicondiorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06063268216781988588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post-17448245179222018352015-05-31T03:05:34.977+01:002015-05-31T03:05:34.977+01:00Another creation takes a wack using the well prese...Another creation takes a wack using the well preserved fish argument and known liar Hugh Miller: http://askjohnmackay.com/earth-young-why-green-river-shales-wyoming-show-vast-ages/<br />Your thoughts on it?Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07099500455962505463noreply@blogger.com