Saturday, December 03, 2005

An exercise in the literature of evolution

I have recently read two books by Richard Dawkins: "The Blind Watchmaker" and "Climbing Mount Improbable." Here is an exercise that you can try at home. Read through these two books with pen and two pieces of paper. On one piece of paper write down every piece of clear evidence that Dawkins offers in support of evolution. On the other sheet of paper write down every place where Dawkins asks you to engage in a thought experiment to imagine how evolution might have ocurred. When you are finished ask yourself whether, based on these two books alone, it is not unreasonable to conclude that the theory of evolution is anything more than the ultimate thought experiment.

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