This is a really stupid post.
Since Darwin, scientists have conducted more research, asked more questions and posed more theories. The fact that Darwin's basic hypothesis about the evolution of life hasn't been tossed in the dustbin reflects its fundamental strength, not its weakness. You might as well question the scientific community because they continue to cling to Newton's silly theory of gravity.
Some other theories (such as creationism or ID) are ignored because they are not essentially scientific and cannot be tested using the scientific method. That doesn't mean that they are wrong. It means that they aren't science.
I will take your bet on our descendants.
Really? By your own answer I know where your education in science ended. There are multiple problems with Darwin's theory. I'm pointing out just TWO of them but could discuss a variety of numerous problems with the theory.
1. Darwin himself said the ONLY way for scientists to prove his theory correct was through the fossil record -and in a number of different ways. One of which was that if his theory were correct, then the vast majority of all fossil discoveries would be "in-between missing link" creatures -showing that one species was in the process of turning into another brand new species. But the fossil record shows NO "in-betweens" for ANY species at all. Not one. So it isn't just that the majority of fossils don't show what Darwin said they would -not a single one does. The reason no such "in-betweens" exist is largely explained by the second problem I discuss below. But since Darwin himself said this was the only possible way to prove his theory correct, then Darwin himself would be the first to admit there must be something fundamentally wrong with it since the fossil record fails to support that part of his theory at all.
2. Darwin saw problems with his own theory too. Darwin considered the biggest argument against his theory to be the Cambrian Explosion -an event that
Scientific American calls "life's big bang". MANY highly reputable and accomplished scientists say it is THE single most insurmountable hurdle for Darwin's theory.
Prior to the Cambrian, the most complex life forms on earth were single-cell, multi-cell organisms, sponges, jellyfish and soft-bodied worms. And nothing but those unchanging life forms existed for 3.8 BILLION years. Then comes the Cambrian period which lasted between 5-10 million years -just a teensy fraction of the time prior (geologically speaking).
The Cambrian age was about 530 million years ago -and during that 5-10 million year period, the Cambrian layer shows the simultaneous co-existence of virtually every phyla known to man. All the major body plans and every known complex body system and nearly every known phyla to ever exist or exists to this day -all coexist in this single layer that lasted between 5 and 10 million years. They don't exist at all in the layer prior to the Cambrian -which has nothing but unchanging single and multi-cell organisms and sponges, jellies and soft-bodied worms going back for nearly 4 BILLION years -and then bam -nearly every phyla known to have ever existed or still exists to this day all show up within 5-10 million years. No "in-betweens" because nearly every known phyla are already co-existing in this same layer. 530 times as much time has passed as the Cambrian lasted -and we have seen nothing like this again. Darwin knew all along that the fossil record as it was known during his time was the strongest argument against his theory.
As does something Darwin did NOT realize at that time: the fact that successive layers AFTER the Cambrian show decreasing numbers of species in the fossil record with each successive layer -a decrease in the diversity of life over time. Once the most recent layers are reached, it shows that 98% of everything that has ever lived is now extinct. That fact totally contradicts Darwin's theory which postulated INCREASING diversity over time with ever more species. Remember -
his theory is that all life forms have a common ancestor and branched OUT over time with increasing diversity of species occurring over time. It is the entire foundation of his theory, which apparently some of the most diehard evolution supporting people haven't actually read. So if that were true, the fossil record would show LESS diversity as we go back in time and greater diversity as we move forward in time.
But the fossil record is the opposite -it shows increasing diversity of life as we go BACK in time to the Cambrian and less diversity as we move forward in time. For billions of years prior to the Cambrian, there are sponges and worms and single-cell and multi-cell organism that existed unchanged, then a short period of time in the Cambrian where nearly every known phyla are all coexisting in the same layer with the simultaneous appearance of every seen complex body plan, method of reproduction, complex systems within the body - all showing up fully intact. And then from the Cambrian on, decreasing diversity of life as we come forward in time. To the current time where we now know that 98% of all life that has ever existed is now extinct.
Darwin tried to get around what he knew was already seen in the fossil record during his time by postulating that the fossil record simply had not been well researched enough and said he believed that further research in the fossil record would eventually end up showing the exact opposite of what was seen in the record at that time. But 150 years later and WHOLE lot more discoveries and research in the fossil record has only confirmed what Darwin already knew at the time. And it is a big, ugly fact -the fossil record totally contradicts his theory, totally contradicts the very foundation of his theory that life has a common ancestry and branched out over time. And that is a MAJOR problem. What Darwin realized was a huge and significant contradiction to this theory then -still is. And his belief that the fossil record would eventually show the exact opposite of what it did then -was dead wrong and has only confirmed what the fossil record already showed at that time.
So -yes, a whole lot of scientists are fully aware that Darwin didn't get it right and refusing to continue the search for answers only delays scientific knowledge that much longer. One current theory under active investigation is that the earth was exposed to some kind of unique radiation or ultrahigh wavelength rays of some kind from a cosmic event that resulted in a response from life forms with an intense but brief period of diversification that gradually died off over time -and even that theory is more consistent with the reality of the fossil record than Darwin's theory.
But you go ahead and tell your descendants all about how Darwin answered every possible question about the origin of life and diversity of life to your complete satisfaction and how you accepted that as "proven fact".
