Mellow out man, I did not kill your dad, I am not scientifically illiterate, and I have, gasp, read Gould.
You were presupposing that natural selection was the main mechanism of evolution and that evolution does not trend in a certain direction, whereas I was saying that, even if natural selection is NOT the main mechanism of evolution and that evolution DOES trend in a certain direction, that does not necessarily imply an intelligent designer, and that it may in fact be the case that natural selection is NOT the main mechanism of evolution and that evolution DOES trend in a certain direction.
--- andie nachgeborenen <andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com> wrote:
> No it doesn't. This isn't even seriously arguable.
> Haven't you been following the recent debate on
> biology? Please, Chris, I am starting to get
> annowyed.
> Go out and read some SJ Gould or R. Lewtontin or R
> Dawkins and get some basic biologicalt literacy.
> Successful adapation means having more babies that
> themselves survive to reproductive age. Natural
> selection is a sieve that promotes such adaptation
> by
> favoring mutations that have this effect in various
> environments. If I hear once more from supposedly
> informed persons that this is tautological,
> question-begging, circular, or any such crap, I am
> going to scream. Question begging mean putting the
> conclusion in the premises. Evolutionary
> explanations
> that invoke natural selection don't do this. Why
> can't
> people see this?
>
> --- Chris Doss <lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Actually this begs the question.
> >
> > --- andie nachgeborenen
> > <andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Evolution does not tend toeards "higher" forms
> of
> > > life, whatever those are. It tends to towards
> > > successful adaaption.
> >
> >
> > Nu, zayats, pogodi!
> >
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