Sunday, February 21, 2010

Evolution's Problem of Transitional Forms

A evolutionary biologist walks into a bar, and the bartender says, "Whaddya having?"

The scientist says
Let us say that we have two species S0 and S1, and it is clear to everyone and his dog that S0 evolved into S1. However, creationists insist there's no "transitional form". So we go over the evidence, to see if there's a pattern.

Problem #1: Creationists say that there is no transitional form between S0 and S1.
Solution #1: We find a fossil transitional form between S0 and S1 is found, which we call S0.5

Problem #2:  Creationists say that there is no transitional form between S0 and S0.5, or between S0.5 and S1.
Solution #2: We find fossil transitional forms, which we call S0.25 and S0.75

Problem #3: Creationists say that  there is no transitional form between S0 and S0.25, or between S0.25 and S0.5, or between S0.5 and S0.75., or between S0.75 and S1.
Solution #3: We find fossil transitional forms, which we call S0.125, S0.375,S0.625, and S0.875.

Problem #4: The more fossils we find, the more Creationists bitch about the lack of transitional forms.
Solution #4: We go get ripping drunk.

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