RE: Darwin Proven Wrong?
September 11, 2014 at 3:45 pm
(This post was last modified: September 11, 2014 at 3:49 pm by sswhateverlove.)
(September 11, 2014 at 3:33 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:(September 11, 2014 at 2:48 pm)sswhateverlove Wrote: Umm... I think this person is confused. May want to check your source. Both "darks" are assumed to explain why the expansion is accelerating and not slowing down.
Wrong.
Dark matter is assumed to explain the gravitational effect of objects such as galaxies that don't appear to have enough luminous matter to explain the gravitational interaction with other objects.
(September 11, 2014 at 2:48 pm)sswhateverlove Wrote: Yes, I agree about them both being "placeholder" names because they have not actually been observed, so they cannot claim them to be "matter" or "energy". Neil Degrasse Tyson actually said they would be better off labeled "Fred" and "Wilma" because we know nothing about what theyactually are.
With all due respect to Tyson, "dark energy" and "dark matter" are better names because they actually serve to describe the properties that those unknown "things" have - both are so far not directly observable (dark), and one (dark matter) interacts gravitationally like ordinary baryonic matter, and the other (dark energy) behaves like, well, energy.
Ok, interesting. Can you direct me to where I would find info on "properties" of dark matter an dark energy that have been observed?
(September 11, 2014 at 3:21 pm)coldwx Wrote: First of all, proving Darwin wrong means nothing. Darwin was wrong about a number of things. Evolutionary theory does not depend on Darwin.
Second, I still have not seen how you are bridging the gap between epigenetics, therefore evolution is wrong. Please explain. The study you provided does not address this. It might also not be a coincidence that evolutionnews.org is touting this perspective you hold.
You have also not addressed why you think this is an "atheist perspective".
Hmmm... Why do people put labels on themselves and then claim that there's no common perspective amongst those who have that label? Why don't you tell me what the label of "atheist" means? My notiion is that you believe there is no evidence that suggests that there is a possibility of an intelligence to design of reality or possibility of intelligent influence in reality. If that is not true, please explain how I'm mistaken.