SCIENCE

Every puzzle starts out with a picture on the box or in your mind. I read an article years ago praising a find that proved evolution beyond a shadow of a doubt. It was about a fossil of a reptile, with feathers. Of course, upon closer examination, it was discovered that someone pressed the imprint of chicken feathers on the fossil. But, the interesting part of the article, was that it described evolution as a 10,000 piece puzzle, of which they found only 15-20 pieces. My first thought was, how can anyone know what a 10,000 piece puzzle looks like, with only 15-20 random pieces? Without even looking at the picture on the box! The answer is simple. The picture pre-existed in their mind. The reason I know this is because the article ended with the usual statement, “We have faith that one day we will complete the puzzle.” Wow! If I didn’t know better, I’d say that faith statement sounds a little “religious”. However, they’re scientists, so it couldn’t be religious. The fact is, the search for the 10,000 pieces to the puzzle, has been going on for a over 100 years. Not an easy search, especially, since after finding 8 billion fossils, not a single transitional link from one species to another has been found! The latest problem being, modern technology keeps discrediting the pieces of the puzzle that have already been found. Maybe it’s time to re-evaluate the picture of the puzzle! Or perhaps, we need to give them another 100 years to search! lol

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