From: Michael Vassar (michaelvassar@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Jun 07 2006 - 23:42:36 MDT
Lamarckian evolution is, as a general principle, trivially refuted by all
manner of day-to-day experiences such as the need for children to learn
skills their parents have already acquired. Lamarkian ideas would predict
far far more change between generations than is actually observed.
>heavy objects do seem to fall faster than light ones
No. People assumed that they did but the evidence never supported that
supposition. Denser objects do seem to fall faster than less dense ones,
but two bricks don't seem to fall faster when together than when apart and
the observation of drag is a commonplace one.
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