Re: paleonet Stupid design

[jean-louis VOLAT <jean-louis.volat@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>
> I think it's oversimplification to try to assert that, for example, 
> 500mm forelimbs were an important and beneficial design aspect of the 
> T. rex body plan, giving it a great advantage over its competitors in 
> the natural selection game, and you won't hear me make that 
> statement.  The point is that the point of view that matters (if such 
> exists) is bigger than ours.

As far as I know (but I am not a specialist), the usual interpretation 
is that the legs of the T. rex developed for good reasons (running for 
prey) but the forelimbs did not and remained ridiculously short and 
useless because of lack of evolutionary pressure.
The power of the natural selection model lies in the failures it allows.
As Paul pointed, this may not be significant to creationists, but in 
what I understand of the ID, this may be a major issue, as long as ID 
pretends to stay on "scientific" arguments.

JLV