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ChasM wrote:And that "respected scientist" - with no apparent credentials as a biologist - seems like an old fool with his feather.

These folks do seem to love their props.

"I have here in my hand a feather..."

"I have here in my hand a banana..."

"I have here in my hand a jar of peanut butter..."

"I have here in my hand a drawing of a chimera..."

"I have here in my hand a watch (or other human-engineered gadget)..."

It's like they think the only objection to their line of reasoning that someone could have is that the object they're talking about doesn't exist, so if they can prove that it exists, then their case is made. It makes me want to get in one of these debates and find a way to take something with me so I can do their shtick: "I have here in my hand a cynodont skull..." or "I have here in my hand an amborella..."