NRO: Still Silly
Well, the National Review, online or otherwise, is obviously not a publication for serious people. But before heading out into the snow, I thought I'd snarkily point this out over at The Corner.
No, Mr. Derbyshire, it's a theory AND it's a fact. Or, more precisely: given that it's such an extraordinarily good theory, it's likely to be factual.
(Not the particulars of the neo-Darwinian synthesis, which I sort of expect to be radically revised and/or overturned in my lifetime. But no honest person who knows the facts about the fossil record can doubt that evolution of some kind has occurred.)
Well, the National Review, online or otherwise, is obviously not a publication for serious people. But before heading out into the snow, I thought I'd snarkily point this out over at The Corner.
No, Mr. Derbyshire, it's a theory AND it's a fact. Or, more precisely: given that it's such an extraordinarily good theory, it's likely to be factual.
(Not the particulars of the neo-Darwinian synthesis, which I sort of expect to be radically revised and/or overturned in my lifetime. But no honest person who knows the facts about the fossil record can doubt that evolution of some kind has occurred.)
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4:15 PM
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