omni is at it again: How we found dinosaurs, etc., but no “missing link” that should have existed millions of years more recently, and therefore should be no problem to find.
I could patiently explain how the process of fossilization guarantees that there will be gaps in the record. I could explain that over two dozen transitional fossils have been found–just not for the primate branch. I could point you to the paper about a species of flatworm which has a recognizable proto-eye, thus roasting that old chestnut once and for all. I could produce other demonstrations that you, like anyone else in a fundamentalist torpor simply don’t know what you’re talking about, but there’s no point.
Instead, I’ll narrow down to one assertion–one talking point, really, that you creationists keep returning to. Not because it’s true, but because it’s difficult to explain to the satisfaction of a scientifically illiterate person like you. I don’t expect to convince you because you’re going to do the fundamentalist equivalent of putting your fingers in your ears and chanting “la la la I can’t hear you”, rather than re-examine the “evidence” which (doesn’t) support your faith. However, if I can make this point publicly, then at least the next creationist twit who pops up here can get properly bitch-slapped with “asked and answered, idiot!”