There is an art, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. Pick a nice day, [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy] suggests, and try it.
How To Fly
Insects Evolved Wings
If we find insects with wings in the buried remains of a Mississippi swamp, does it mean that insects evolved wings in the Mississippi swamp? No, it means that insects with wings were buried when the swamp was buried.
Sharks and Bony Fish
Sedimentary deposits containing sharks and bony fish can be assigned to the Mississippian because of how the evolution narrative, of development from primitive to advanced, overlays with the geological timescale.
Spread of Amphibians
Amphibians were buried in a swamp. Does that mean that amphibians were spreading? No, it doesn't, it means that amphibians lived in the swamp that got buried. It's popular science inductive doublespeak (SciPop).
Extensive Swamps in Lowlands
Most of the sedimentary deposits assigned to the Mississippian are coal beds in the Mississippi valley. The coal is the remains of swamp habitat that was buried in a world-wide flood.
Continued Inundation of Low-lying Continents
"Continued inundation of low-lying continents?" That sounds like a world-wide flood. In fact, it's a way of saying world-wide flood without using the words world-wide flood. It's an ecosystem, not a period of time.
Warm, Equable Climate Again
"Warm, equable climate" are key words which allow us to pry open the subtle deception which has been crafted as a way to break down Noah's flood into small units, and then spread them across time.
August 10th
We (me and the Holy spirit) can't avoid the obvious conclusion that Mississippian sediments are the remains of an ecosystem which was buried in a flood.