fossils vs. origin stories – Uncommon Descent

Most human origin stories incompatible with the fossils?

Of course, human origin stories don’t need to be compatible with the fossils; they only need to be compatible with the theory.

Querius EDTA and Relatd, Here are some excerpts from Atomic Accidents. The are now sixty five documented incidents in which nuclear... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
Viola Lee Really, I don't understand what KF was intending, as his headline seemed to imply that some major clarification was going... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
Viola Lee So BA's interpretation is that the wave function collapses and the moon heats up because God observes everything. Q writes,... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
Viola Lee So BA's interpretation is that the wave function collapses and the moon heats up because God observes everything. Q writes,... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
relatd EDTA at 19, A lot of people do not understand the arming concept when it comes to nuclear warheads. They... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
Ford Prefect All I know is that my 1 1/2 year old can’t speak a single word, but he can make himself... – Claim: Language originated in hand gestures....
Belfast In 2014, Noah Chomsky, and other luminaries in the subject of language, essentially called it quits. In May that year... – Claim: Language originated in hand gestures....
EDTA Q @ 10, >For example, did you know that the U.S. accidentally dropped a nuclear weapon on a small American... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
bornagain77 "How do you explain that in the absence of any conscious observer?" God is not an 'absent observer' in my... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
Querius Viola Lee @12, How would you know that the moon heats up or not? As soon as you measure/observe ANY... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
Viola Lee Thanks, Belfast. – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
Belfast BA@8. I respect the breadth of your knowledge, capacity to elucidate, and facility with quotations, but disagree with you at... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
Viola Lee So, BA, I assume you think the moon gets hot. How do you explain that in the absence of any... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
bornagain77 Claim: "measurement in terms of an interaction is what collapses the wave form" Yet, "Decoherence" does not explain wave-function collapse.... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
Viola Lee So does the back side of the moon get hot? I assume it does, and that the wave function of... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
relatd Ba77 at 8, I've come to a similar conclusion. – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
relatd Seversky at 2, The Great Seversky has spoken! Soon to exit, stage left... Sorry Sev. No evidence of our ape-like-ness. – Claim: Language originated in hand gestures....
Querius FYI, my background in quantum mechanics includes a college class (long ago) and reading a lot of books on the... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
Querius As to the question in the OP, my response is no, I don't understand QM. Like one professor's YouTube video,... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
bornagain77 Comments that may stray from what Viola Lee deems appropriate, may henceforth only be submitted to, and approved by, Viola... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...
Viola Lee It would be good to stick to the subject of the videos, rather than moving the discussion to religious views.... – L&FP, 65: So, you think you...