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Mustard M
Mustard Jul 31, 2013 17:50:51
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Mustard wrote:
GLADMAN wrote:
To assume it a given - in view of the fact that no religion, in my opinion, has come even remotely near to providing a credible alternative theory - that Darwinian/Wallacian natural selection (if that's the right term) is the reason we, and all the other organisms on this planet, exist in our current state
Religion may not be the best place to look for alternative explanations though. I think natural selection and evolution have some pretty big logical holes that can be driven through them.
Well certain characteristics that confer a survival advantage wouldn't actually confer that advantage until well into their development. So how does evolution "know" to favour a particular mutation, before that mutation has fully evolved?

R Rhiannon
Rhiannon Jul 31, 2013 19:19:49
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The mutations don't know anything, but they're produced randomly and there's potentially a wide variety of them. Say I'm a plant and some of my seedlings have mutations that make them good at surviving in the wet. Whilst others would be good at surviving in the dry. Suddenly there's a flood. Only the 'wet' mutations survive to breed. The 'dry' mutations die and don't breed. That's what Darwin meant by natural selection.