As a side note, I do not accept the 3 rules of professional science which apply to areas such as evolution, world population, climate science, and global warming, namely: 1) Always base your science on either materialistic, atheisic ideology or theology, never on facts, 2) Always ignore facts whenever possible, unless they support your ideology or theology, and 3) Always be ready, when necessary, to engage in a hate campaign against your opponents.

2. The vast majority of scientifc phenomena are nonlinear and far-from-equilibrium phenomena, since all physical systems that involve three or more parts that interact strongly and persistently are nonlinear. For this reason, both science and (especially) the philosophy of science need to abandon their covert assumption that the physical universe is essentially linear, mechanical, and near-equilibrium.

This is particularly important for the science of biology, where Charles Darwin's failed, linear, statistical theory of evolution urgently needs to be replaced with Robert F. DeHaan's nonlinear, far-from-equilibrium theory of evolution, called macrodevelopment.

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As an example of "the three rules of professional science" (listed in the left-most box) at work, see Robert Tracinsk's article,

"ClimateGate: The Fix is In"

Phillip Engle's book EVOLUTION: a Catechism is a book that resolves the conflict between Darwinism and intelligent design, between science and teleology, by means of Robert F. DeHaan's theory of evolution, called macrodevelopment.

Part 1 lists the basic facts of evolution.

Part 2 discusses competing theories of evolution.

Part 3 discusses macrodevelopment, which is the true theory of evolution.

This book makes reference to my two previous books that cover evolution, THE TEN FACTS OF EVOLUTION, and FAR FROM EQUILIBRIUM, as well as many other sources. However, the format of this book is much simplified relative to my previous evolutionary books. This book contains the very essence of what you need to know about evolution!

61 pages, 2 illustrations. Written by Phillip L. Engle. (ISBN: 978-0-9720274-5-8)

You can obtain a free PDF file of EVOLUTION: a Catechism or purchase a softcover version of EVOLUTION: a Catechism by clicking on the picture below (or on the link in the first paragraph in this column).

Macrodevelopment

A New Theory of Evolution

"You have done a magnificent job of integrating and extending a host of fundamental concepts that together make up the most comprehensive picture that I know of how life developed on planet earth."

-- Robert F. DeHaan

What if the evolution of the biosphere over millions of years was a process of nonlinear macrodevelopment, similar to the nonlinear development of the embryo of the biological individual in its mother's womb? What if the animals of the early Cambrian era were really generic "stem animals", analogous to the generic "stem cells" in the early embryo? What if the evolution of the biosphere historically proceeded "top down" from the generic to the specific (i.e., from phylum to class to order to family to genus and, finally, down to the species level) for essentially the same reasons as the development of the individual embryo proceeds from the most-generic stem cells down to more-specific types of cells, and ultimately down to the most-specific cells that comprise the organs in the fully developed biological individual?

Wouldn't such a nonlinear theory of evolution likely be superior to the outdated 19th century, linear, mechanical, reductionistic theory of neo-Darwinism, according to which the biosphere is (essentially) "nothing but" a statistical calculating machine? And wouldn't this theory of macrodevelopment stand the best chance of resolving the conflict between religious and scientific viewpoints with respect to the biosphere?

(It is important to note that the theory of macrodevelopment has nothing to do with the theory of intelligent design and is entirely compatible with methodological naturalism.)

In September of 1996 Robert F. DeHaan first proposed the theory of macrodevelopment in his path-breaking article "Paradoxes in Darwinian Theory Resolved by a Theory of Macrodevelopment" (PSCF 48:180). To learn more, follow the links below:

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Because the macrodevelopmental theory of evolution is far-from-equiliibrium,, nonlinear, and above all organic, it bridges the gap between medieval Aristotelian science and post-modern science, without crushing or mocking Aristotelian science after the manner of the Endarkenment. To get a hint of what the history of science might have been like had science not become aggressively and ideologically linear and anti-religious, click on this link to the Museum of Jurassic Technology's site on Athanasius Kircher.

Phillip Engle's book FAR FROM EQUILIBRIUM (FFE for short) is an introduction to science for the 21st century.

FFE introduces the reader to the emerging nonlinear paradigm in science, while also discussing important epistemological and teleological issues related to science. The second half of FFE is a presentation of biological evolution from the nonlinear perspective.

PART 1: ON SYSTEMS discusses all types of physical systems from the point of view of the nonlinear paradigm, and also includes epistemological and teleological discussions.

PART 2: ON EVOLUTION presents biological evolution from a far-from-equilibrium perspective, introducing the reader to Robert F. DeHaan's pathbreaking nonlinear theory of macrodevelopment as the replacement for the outdated linear / statistical theory of neo-Darwinism.

This book is intended for the general reader and presumes only a knowledge of high school mathematics.

You can obtain FFE from Lulu.com by clicking on the picture of FFE below (or on the link in the first paragraph in this column). To view or download a complete and free Adobe PDF version, click here.

Far From Equilibrium (book cover)

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