What is geologic time,
and,
Who believes John McPhee?
On Friday, October 27, 2023 at 12:19:33 AM UTC+1, Doug Landau wrote:there the theory of an intelligent creator (for want of a better word though I'm personally comfortable with the concept of intelligent direction) gains its idea that there was not nearly enough time for many of the complicated living systems to have
What is geologic time,
and,
Who believes John McPhee?
In general, geologic time is the clock in the rock, the various great ages of which our knowledge of them comes by dating layers of rock and finding traces of otherwise long-lost history in them.
Geologic time isn't only an academic or radiological concept, but it is also an important input into philosophical questions. For instance, the main objections to Darwin's theory of evolution comes from the fossils in the Burgess Shale in Canada. From
A good read on geologic time and its implications for the Big Questions is "Return of the God Hypothesis" by Stephen C. Meyer, who starts with the Burgess Shale and what we now know of DNA. Meyer titled his earlier book, also very good to read as athoughtful introduction to the same subject, "Darwin's Doubt".
What is geologic time,Geologic time is that time before recorded history. While recorded history is quite short, geologic time is very long or not depending on which religious teaching you adhere or not to.
and,
Who believes John McPhee?
On Thursday, October 26, 2023 at 4:19:33 PM UTC-7, Doug Landau wrote:
What is geologic time,Geologic time is that time before recorded history. While recorded history is quite short, geologic time is very long or not depending on which religious teaching you adhere or not to.
and,
Who believes John McPhee?
On Friday, November 3, 2023 at 3:19:40 PM UTC, Tom Kunich wrote:
On Thursday, October 26, 2023 at 4:19:33 PM UTC-7, Doug Landau wrote:
What is geologic time,Geologic time is that time before recorded history. While recorded history is quite short, geologic time is very long or not depending on which religious teaching you adhere or not to.
and,
Who believes John McPhee?
The problem with the well-preserved fossils in the Burgess Shale is that it dates back only about 510m years, to middle Cambrian Period, and thus doesn't offer enough time for the Darwinian evolution of complicated organs like the eye. -- AJ
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