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On 2002-06-27 16:43, Silas wrote:
Curtmudgeon: if one continuous observation were required, we wouldn't be able to know that giant redwood trees grow from redwood seedlings. I don't recall who (was it To Seek?) who said that no one has ever really seen a tree grow.
Silas
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With all due respect to Silas,
this doesn't invalidate The Curt's point. The seedling-to-redwood link is strengthened by such observations as "There was a seedling
right here and now the seedling's gone and there's a redwood in the same place." I believe The Curtmudgeon is referring to this type of observed change, not "one continuous observation."
After all, when you look in a desk drawer and see a pile of paper-clips of different sizes, do you conclude the little ones must grow into big ones?