Pearcey Flashcards
Who coined the term irreducible complexity and what does it mean
Irreducible complexity is a term coined by Michael Behe, who defines it as follows. Irreducible complexity is just a fancy phrase I use to mean a single system which is composed of several interacting parts, and where the removal of any one of the parts causes the system to cease functioning.
Who is responsible for observing and measuring Finch beaks on the Galápagos Islands.
Charles Darwin
Who drew pictures or animal Embryos as proof of evolutionary philosophy
Ernst Haeckel
Who wrote Icons of Evolution and what did it argue
Jonathan Wells
Arguing the case for Creation
What was the drawing of animal Embryos supposed to support
The idea that Each animal goes through every stage of evolution
What was the experiment with fruit flies supposed to support. Did it?
The idea that animals evolve in one direction.
However, the truth of the fruit flies experiment is the flies grew extra wings that were not an improvement to flying
What was the change in finch beaks supposed to support. What was the result?
Animals evolve in one direction
However, the result was animals adapt cyclically to environmental conditions.
What the truth of the peppered moths
Scientist glued dead moths to trees
What is the truth of the Embryos
The embryos were drawn incorrectly by Ernst Haeckel
Explain the fossil record
It does not support the graduate evolution of life forms developing from simple to more complex forms. In fact there are gaps in the fossil record .
