flowering plants – Uncommon Descent

Why did Darwin consider flowers an “abominable mystery”?

He was referring to their abrupt and unaccounted for appearance.

Evidence for insect pollination pushed back to 99 mya

That’s twice as long ago as previously thought. It is interesting how much theorizing depends on Darwinism rather than on sudden emergence and then stasis. And then suddenly there is no 50 million years to account for… A quite different set of problems appears.

jerry Here is the UD page for the book by Dalrymple and Francis. https://uncommondescent.com/intelligent-design/theodore-dalrymple-and-ken-francis-on-the-terror-of-a-naturalists-existence/#google_vignette Generated little response 15 months ago. – An interview on God and mathematics
bornagain77 Since KF has posting privileges, and since you want to completely ignore the video without even dignifying it with a... – Philip Cunningham argues: Jesus Christ is...
Viola Lee BA writes, "Sorry Viola Lee, but I still fail to see how ‘scrolling past’ my video and my responses is... – Philip Cunningham argues: Jesus Christ is...
bornagain77 Sorry Viola Lee, but I still fail to see how 'scrolling past' my video and my responses is to be... – Philip Cunningham argues: Jesus Christ is...
johnnyb This is evidence that people haven't actually read a single damn thing we've written. If someone thinks that we use... – Darwin’s people are coming out of...
AaronS1978 “Nature does not produce such things” Nature produced humans I’m pretty sure it can produce a cosmic space turd – Avi Loeb on why he thinks...
Steve Alten2 Kairosfocus “ SA2, the dismissive incoherence and village atheist level crudities speak for themselves.” What incoherence? In 2021 it is... – Philip Cunningham argues: Jesus Christ is...
Viola Lee Oops: too late to edit. In 37 above, it should read "so telling me his opinion does not address the... – Philip Cunningham argues: Jesus Christ is...
Viola Lee At 36, BA writes, "Steve Alten2, Viola Lee and Mike1962 have condemned the video referenced in the OP as being... – Philip Cunningham argues: Jesus Christ is...
Viola Lee At 25, I wrote, Kf: Do you believe there is one objectively correct answer to this question: Is it immoral... – Philip Cunningham argues: Jesus Christ is...
jerry Kf, I’m fine. Posted yesterday on C19 thread. On Monday my wife and I were driving all over northern New... – An interview on God and mathematics
bornagain77 Steve Alten2, Viola Lee and Mike1962 have condemned the video referenced in the OP as being 'retarded' and/or 'borderline retarded'... – Philip Cunningham argues: Jesus Christ is...
Kirikagure The only alternative to darwinian evolution is Special Creation (Intelligent Design), so of course they do not want to give... – Preparing the public for the slow...
kairosfocus PPS: Sheldon's main, food for thought, point, on fractals and galaxies . . . starring comets and cyanobacteria: we are... – Human body mass has some very...
kairosfocus News (attn VL): Perhaps, simply stating correct values: m_prot 1.67262158 × 10^-27 kg M_sol 1.989 × 10^+30 kg M_human, what... – Human body mass has some very...
kairosfocus Jerry, are you around? I trust things are well with you. KF – An interview on God and mathematics
kairosfocus BR, prezactly. However, the elaboration -- as I already linked in 17 above (but was predictably ignored on) -- is... – Philip Cunningham argues: Jesus Christ is...
kairosfocus PPPPS: Plato's warning to the ages, as has been highlighted many times here at UD over the years, but which... – Philip Cunningham argues: Jesus Christ is...
kairosfocus SA2, the dismissive incoherence and village atheist level crudities speak for themselves. You have run away from the focal issues... – Philip Cunningham argues: Jesus Christ is...
kairosfocus VL, it is obvious that in your mind you have redefined what marriage is into an essentially temporary cohabitation contract... – Philip Cunningham argues: Jesus Christ is...
polistra You've been too hard on both Loeb and Coyne. Both of them are departing from "scientific" orthodoxy in many ways.... – Avi Loeb on why he thinks...