Robert Mann writes,
>         It is not possible to do the latter.>

He is referring to my statement:
 > >The point of my original posting is many apt and capable students do
indeed
reject the idea of evolution as a grand scheme (macro) though they may
understand the process natural selection in individual cases (micro).>>

In the above, "Micro" is referring to specific biological features of a
particular species with respect to a specific environment, e.g., the webbed
feet of frogs.

Systematically, the macro is the sum of the parts (micro). Logically, they
cannot be the same and they cannot be mutually exclusive.

In the very last line of the last paragraph Darwin used the term "evolution"
to mean an overriding process:
 "...whilst this planet has goes cycling on according to the fixed law of
gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most
wonderful have been, and are being evolved."
(Title: The Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection - or the
Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life)

Best,
Stephen

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Mann" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 5:53 AM
Subject: Re: Evolution and Cognitive Dissonance


> Stephen Sacks wrote:
> >The point of my original posting is many apt and capable students do
indeed
> >reject the idea of evolution as a grand scheme (macro) though they may
> >understand the process natural selection in individual cases (micro).
>
>         It is not possible to do the latter.
>
> R
>
>
> -
> Robt Mann
> consultant ecologist
> P O Box 28878   Remuera, Auckland 1005, New Zealand
>                 (9) 524 2949
>