"in creating the feature depends upon the existence - the plentiful existence - of proximate intermediate features ."
"Well , that 's a bald assertion , and although it may even be true , I can not accept it at face value . You 'll have to take little time and explain to a non-scientist , amateur ontologist , just what it is that you intend that we should understand from these words , and why we should accept that understanding as true ."
"the feature depends upon the existence - the plentiful existence - of proximate intermediate features ."
"that we should understand from these words , and why we should accept that understanding as true ."