I find it annoying when people lift quotes out of context. What's the point of that? That's purposely distorting the author. Here's the rest of the quote. And here's the source: http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/ce/3/part8.htmlThe flying part of your post I agree with.Jim"To suppose that the eye with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting different amounts of light, and for the correction of Spherical and chromatic aberration, could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest degree. When it was first said that the sun stood still and the world turned round, the common sense of mankind declared the doctrine false; but the old saying of Vox populi, vox Dei ["the voice of the people = the voice of God "], as every philosopher knows, cannot be trusted in science. Reason tells me, that if numerous gradations from a simple and imperfect eye to one complex and perfect can be shown to exist, each grade being useful to its possessor, as is certain the case; if further, the eye ever varies and the variations be inherited, as is likewise certainly the case; and if such variations should be useful to any animal under changing conditions of life, then the difficulty of believing that a perfect and complex eye could be formed by natural selection, should not be considered as subversive of the theory."
From: Jim Shanahan
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 7:24 PM
Subject: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Sport pilot checkride advice
OK, I am not proud of it but I failed my 1st check ride...we took off and my door pops open on takeoff..no problem, I climb out and shut it...do all the flight work...no problem...go to land and I am very long, so I do a go-around...line up again..same problem..damn...and he says.." Go home,I have to fail you"...NEVER checked the wind sock...landing WITH the wind, not into the wind..TWICE !!!...he says you did great, just testItist...came back 2 weeks later and slam-dunk pass....you MIGHT fail...but you will NEVER land without checking the runway to use....NEVER....and you get to take it over and over....don't freak over this....IF you don't feel ready, keep flying and work your instructor...feel weak in 1-2 areas ? work them over and over...I felt weak on crosswinds....spent EVERY stormy/windy day doing touch and gos until a crab was more natural than a calm day.....you have wanted this, don't wuss out, I KNOW you can do this....if you couldn't. you would have quit many hours ago....do it ASAP
Jim Tx
To suppose that the eye, with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting different amounts of light, and for the correction of spherical and chromatic aberration, could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest possible degree. (Darwin 1872)
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