The point, though, is that the whole "science" of ID stops exactly where it is right now. No more information can be gained or conclusions reached, so all ID does is lend pseudo-scientific creedence to any crackpot's theory of How Things Came To Be.
That is exactly correct. ID squelches all continued inquiry. Every time the problem gets hard (possible gap), ID proponents simply flash the "Then a miracle" occurs cartoon. There is no motivation or incentive to advance the state of knowledge.
My take on why the general population just can't grasp evolution is that they can't grasp the notion of really, really large numbers as in the time it takes for evolution to occur. If human beings can "evolve" a wolf into 200+ breeds of domestic dogs in 5,000 years, what can nature accomplish in 4 billion years.
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That is exactly correct. ID squelches all continued inquiry. Every time the problem gets hard (possible gap), ID proponents simply flash the "Then a miracle" occurs cartoon. There is no motivation or incentive to advance the state of knowledge.
My take on why the general population just can't grasp evolution is that they can't grasp the notion of really, really large numbers as in the time it takes for evolution to occur. If human beings can "evolve" a wolf into 200+ breeds of domestic dogs in 5,000 years, what can nature accomplish in 4 billion years.