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Thread #156222   Message #3687174
Posted By: Lighter
19-Dec-14 - 01:09 PM
Thread Name: BS: Well, I'm not a scientist...
Subject: RE: BS: Well, I'm not a scientist...
> Evolution is not a 'process' ... Evolution is a description/definition/explanation of the results of various events in order to make sense of the changes in organisms.

Not quite. What leads to changes to species over time is indeed a "process" (though, as you point out, not the blatant kind like kneading dough). One definition of "process" is "a specific continuous operation, action, or series of changes." Like evolution.

The description/designation of the process as "evolution" is different from the process itself. A designation is a different entity from what it designates.

Quibbling of course, but I rarely get the chance to exercise my brain in these discussions.