Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 14:37:54 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net> To: Anton Berezin <tobez@tobez.org> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, Rick Hamell <hamellr@heorot.1nova.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: More Microsoft news... Message-ID: <20011116143754.D50971@blossom.cjclark.org> In-Reply-To: <20011116175236.A94582@heechee.tobez.org>; from tobez@tobez.org on Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 05:52:36PM %2B0100 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0111150946430.24788-100000@heorot.1nova.com> <3BF420DB.3CACB2C6@mindspring.com> <20011116175236.A94582@heechee.tobez.org>
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On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 05:52:36PM +0100, Anton Berezin wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 12:08:59PM -0800, Terry Lambert wrote:
>
> > Why does everyone believe that there is an evolutionary path between
> > any two species, and that revolutionary change can always be built
> > slowly with evolutionary "baby steps"? That's like claiming that if
> > you mofy birds slowly enough, you will evntually get rabbits.
>
> Well, that's easy. You can always go from the first one backwards to
^^^^^^^^^
> the common ancestor and then follow the natural path to the other one.
It does not necessarily work in reverse. I think you misunderstand
the anaology.
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