[MD] Contradiction and incoherence.

[Joseph Maurer]

Hi David,

What do dictionaries have to do with DQ?

JOE


On 3/21/12 1:15 PM, "david buchanan" <dmbuchanan at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
>  How do dictionaries define evolution?  Is it "static" and "ever-changing"?
> 
> 
> evolution |ˌevəˈloō sh ən|noun1 the process by which different kinds of living
> organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms
> during the history of the earth.The idea of organic evolution was proposed by
> some ancient Greek thinkers but was long rejected in Europe as contrary to the
> literal interpretation of the Bible. Lamarck proposed a theory that organisms
> became transformed by their efforts to respond to the demands of their
> environment, but he was unable to explain a mechanism for this. Lyell
> demonstrated that geological deposits were the cumulative product of slow
> processes over vast ages. This helped Darwin toward a theory of gradual
> evolution over a long period by the natural selection of those varieties of an
> organism slightly better adapted to the environment and hence more likely to
> produce descendants. Combined with the later discoveries of the cellular and
> molecular basis of genetics, Darwin's theory of evolution has, with some
> modification, become the dominant unifying concept of modern biology.2 the
> gradual development of something, esp. from a simple to a more complex form :
> the forms of written languages undergoconstant evolution.
> 
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