Is evolution based on empirical science?

[Runa216]

Boutros said:

Runa216 said:

Boutros said:
I guess all those fossiles were hide by sneaky scientists wanting to prove a point.

Extinction has nothing to do with Evolution, at least not in the way the Dinosaurs were said to have gone extinct.  

Although I don't the see the link between my post and your reply lol, I think it's pretty obvious that evolution was affected by the different great extinctions.

The point was that the fact that things go extinct does not prove evolution happens.  The two are not intrinsically linked.  they effect one another, sure, but one oes not prove the other, which was the point of the thread.