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  1. <font color="#ff0000">We all can agree (save for the severely color blind) that this text is red.</font><br /> <br /> <font color="#0000ff">We can also similarly agree that this text is blue.</font><br /> <br /> <b><font color="#ff0010">If we have red text and decide to change it by just a small amount, the change might be barely </font><font color="#ef0011">noticeable, </font><font color="#ee0012">but still </font><font color="#ec0014">a </font><font color="#eb0015">very </font><font color="#ea0016">small </font><font color="#e90017">change.  </font><font color="#e80018">This, </font><font color="#e70019">we </font><font color="#e6001a">will </font><font color="#e5001b">call </font><font color="#e4001c">our </font><font color="#e3001d">micro-evolution.  </font><font color="#e2001e">Every </font><font color="#e1001f">word </font><font color="#e00020">up </font><font color="#df0021">to </font><font color="#de0022">now </font><font color="#dd0023">can be </font><font color="#db0025">considered </font><font color="#da0026">red, </font><font color="#d90027">with </font><font color="#d80028">very </font><font color="#d70029">minute </font><font color="#d6002a">changes </font><font color="#d5002b">in </font><font color="#d4002c">the hue.  </font><font color="#d2002e">If </font><font color="#d1002f">I </font><font color="#d00030">keep </font><font color="#cf0031">typing </font><font color="#ce0032">long </font><font color="#cd0033">enough, </font><font color="#cc0034">would </font><font color="#cb0035">anyone </font><font color="#ca0036">be </font><font color="#c90037">able to </font><font color="#c70039">tell </font><font color="#c6003a">me, </font><font color="#c5003b">just </font><font color="#c4003c">by </font><font color="#c3003d">looking, </font><font color="#c2003e">at </font><font color="#c1003f">which </font><font color="#c00040">word or </font><font color="#be0042">letter </font><font color="#bd0043">is this </font><font color="#bc0044">post </font><font color="#bb0045">no </font><font color="#ba0046">longer </font><font color="#b90047">red, </font><font color="#b80048">but </font><font color="#b70049">actually purple </font><font color="#b5004b">or </font><font color="#b4004c">blue?  </font><font color="#b3004d">All </font><font color="#b2004e">this </font><font color="#b1004f">micro-evolution </font><font color="#b00050">keeps </font><font color="#af0051">occurring </font><font color="#ae0052">in the </font><font color="#ac0054">text, </font><font color="#ab0055">with </font><font color="#aa0056">it's </font><font color="#a90057">tiny </font><font color="#a80058">changes </font><font color="#a70059">in hue, </font><font color="#a6005a">but </font><font color="#a5005b">ultimately, I </font><font color="#a3005d">end </font><font color="#a2005e">up </font><font color="#a1005f">with </font><font color="#a00060">a </font><font color="#9f0061">completely </font><font color="#9e0062">different color.  </font><font color="#9c0064">It's </font><font color="#9b0065">actually </font><font color="#9a0066">the </font><font color="#990067">difference </font><font color="#980068">between </font><font color="#970069">what </font><font color="#96006a">one </font><font color="#95006b">would </font><font color="#94006c">consider </font><font color="#93006d">red </font><font color="#92006e">and </font><font color="#91006f">what one </font><font color="#8f0071">would </font><font color="#8e0072">consider </font><font color="#8d0073">purple </font><font color="#8c0074">(or </font><font color="#8b0075">a </font><font color="#8a0076">whole </font><font color="#890077">new </font><font color="#880078">species, </font><font color="#870079">in </font><font color="#86007a">this analogy) </font><font color="#84007c">which </font><font color="#83007d">is </font><font color="#82007e">macro-evolution.  </font><font color="#81007f">See, </font><font color="#800080">the </font><font color="#7f0081">common </font><font color="#7e0082">misunderstanding </font><font color="#7d0083">is, </font><font color="#7c0084">that </font><font color="#7b0085">macro-evolution </font><font color="#7a0086">means </font><font color="#790087">a </font><font color="#780088">dog </font><font color="#770089">being a direct </font><font color="#75008b">offspring </font><font color="#74008c">of </font><font color="#73008d">some </font><font color="#72008e">other </font><font color="#71008f">different </font><font color="#700090">canine-like </font><font color="#6f0091">species, </font><font color="#6e0092">or </font><font color="#6d0093">even </font><font color="#6c0094">more </font><font color="#6b0095">stupidly, </font><font color="#6a0096">a cat </font><font color="#690097">coming </font><font color="#680098">from </font><font color="#670099">a dog.  </font><font color="#66009a">Well, </font><font color="#65009b">that's </font><font color="#64009c">not what </font><font color="#63009d">macro-evolution </font><font color="#62009e">is.  </font><font color="#61009f">There </font><font color="#6000a0">is really </font><font color="#5f00a1">only one </font><font color="#5e00a2">distinction </font><font color="#5d00a3">between </font><font color="#5c00a4">micro-evolution </font><font color="#5b00a5">and macro-evolution, </font><font color="#5a00a6">and it's </font><font color="#5900a7">the same </font><font color="#5800a8">distinction </font><font color="#5700a9">between their prefixes:  </font><font color="#5500ab">micro and </font><font color="#5400ac">macro.  Just </font><font color="#5300ad">like if </font><font color="#5200ae">something is </font><font color="#5100af">microscopic </font><font color="#5000b0">or if something </font><font color="#4f00b1">is macroscopic.  </font><font color="#4e00b2">Microscopic </font><font color="#4d00b3">usually </font><font color="#4c00b4">requires a </font><font color="#4b00b5">microscope </font><font color="#4a00b6">to see it because it's </font><font color="#4800b8">so small, </font><font color="#4700b9">but the </font><font color="#4600ba">macroscopic </font><font color="#4500bb">are things </font><font color="#4400bc">large enough </font><font color="#4300bd">to be seen </font><font color="#4200be">by the </font><font color="#4100bf">common human </font><font color="#4000c0">eye.  However, </font><font color="#3e00c2">things of </font><font color="#3d00c3">both size </font><font color="#3c00c4">are </font><font color="#3b00c5">completely visible and </font><font color="#3900c7">plainly exist, </font><font color="#3800c8">and there </font><font color="#3700c9">are many </font><font color="#3600ca">things in </font><font color="#3500cb">this universe </font><font color="#3400cc">between </font><font color="#3300cd">both general </font><font color="#3200ce">sizes.  </font><font color="#3100cf">So as you </font><font color="#3000d0">read this, </font><font color="#2f00d1">can you tell </font><font color="#2e00d2">me the </font><font color="#2d00d3">first word </font><font color="#2c00d4">here that </font><font color="#2b00d5">is blue, </font><font color="#2a00d6">and not purple?  </font><font color="#2900d7">After all, </font><font color="#2800d8">every change </font><font color="#2700d9">in color </font><font color="#2600da">since the </font><font color="#2500db">first word </font><font color="#2400dc">in this </font><font color="#2300dd">paragraph </font><font color="#2200de">has only </font><font color="#2100df">micro-evolved </font><font color="#2000e0">from the </font><font color="#1f00e1">color next </font><font color="#1e00e2">to it, but </font><font color="#1d00e3">we've managed </font><font color="#1c00e4">to macro-evolve </font><font color="#1b00e5">through 2 colors.  </font><font color="#1a00e6">This, hopefully, </font><font color="#1900e7">will illustrate </font><font color="#1800e8">how it's </font><font color="#1700e9">illogical to </font><font color="#1600ea">believe that </font><font color="#1500eb">macro-evolution </font><font color="#1400ec">doesn't happen, </font><font color="#1300ed">even given </font><font color="#1200ee">time for enough </font><font color="#1100ef">micro-evolution </font><font color="#1000f0">to occur.  </font></b><br /> <br /> <b><font color="Blue">So tell me -- what was the first purple word in the block of text above? What's the first blue word?  Remember, if macro-evolution simply can not happen then you're saying the words you are reading now are still red.</font></b>
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