janc@uofm-cv.UUCP (Jan Wolter) (02/17/84)
Bill Jefferys has asked for evolutionists and creationists to propose data which would tend to make them doubt the correctness of their views. I'm not certain that I'd be upset by evidence that dinosaurs had survived past the time they were thought to be dead, but I would be disturbed by any strong evidence showing humans to have existed in the age of the dinosaur (what an absurd notion). Here's an experiment that could make me embrace creationism, (or at least Velikowskyism): A expedition to alpha centauri finds the planet occupied by animals of the species homo sapiens, or at least animals that appear to be at least as closely related to homo sapiens as those commonly found on earth appear to be. The evidence that this alpha centaurians evolved on alpha centauri seems comparable to the evidence that we evolved here. Yee, gads! Something is rotten in the Universe. The probability of parallel evolution is so miniscule, that all our imaginings of evidence for evolutionary must be thrown to the wind. Broken on the Steps of Dawn: J. Wolter
pmd@cbscc.UUCP (Paul Dubuc) (02/22/84)
I have decided to take up Jan Wolter's challenge to disprove evolution. In fact, my rocket for Alpha Centauri leaves next week. It's too bad nobody reading this will be around when I get back. I will present my findings to your grandchildren. Big :-) Paul Dubuc