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<blockquote data-quote="Wiccan_Child" data-source="post: 44613331" data-attributes="member: 104966"><p>Haha, you're too kind! I think we're both up debating dad in the 'Palaeosols destroy the flood and Genesis'. I was looking forward to talking to you. Small world, huh? <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/old/wave.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":wave:" title="wave :wave:" data-shortname=":wave:" /></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Depends on what you mean by 'living'. Personally, I define something to be alive if it is a replicator, so yes, non-life cannot evolve.</p><p>Some people call something living if it replicates and has a metabolism, so by that definition something can be non-life and evolve (since metabolism isn't a requirement for populations to evolve).</p><p></p><p>That said, a living system cannot itself evolve. A population of this system can, but the individual systems cannot.</p><p></p><p> </p><p>It can, but that would be a bit circular; " Evolution is an phenomenon that emerges from evolution's dynamics."</p><p> </p><p>Hmm, doubtful. Our selection pressures have changed, certainly (e.g., foraging skills are no longer beneficial for survival, but large breast size is).</p><p></p><p> </p><p>That depends on the variety of mates made available to them. Safari parks, for instance, often have whole herds of animals in the natural habitat (or near enough).</p><p></p><p>But human intervention will change who they mate with, and so the evolution of their species will change by our hand.</p><p></p><p> </p><p>I'm no expert (my forté is physics and maths <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/old/kawaii.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt="^_^" title="Kawaii ^_^" data-shortname="^_^" />), but I'd be more than happy to continue this discussion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wiccan_Child, post: 44613331, member: 104966"] Haha, you're too kind! I think we're both up debating dad in the 'Palaeosols destroy the flood and Genesis'. I was looking forward to talking to you. Small world, huh? :wave: Depends on what you mean by 'living'. Personally, I define something to be alive if it is a replicator, so yes, non-life cannot evolve. Some people call something living if it replicates and has a metabolism, so by that definition something can be non-life and evolve (since metabolism isn't a requirement for populations to evolve). That said, a living system cannot itself evolve. A population of this system can, but the individual systems cannot. It can, but that would be a bit circular; " Evolution is an phenomenon that emerges from evolution's dynamics." Hmm, doubtful. Our selection pressures have changed, certainly (e.g., foraging skills are no longer beneficial for survival, but large breast size is). That depends on the variety of mates made available to them. Safari parks, for instance, often have whole herds of animals in the natural habitat (or near enough). But human intervention will change who they mate with, and so the evolution of their species will change by our hand. I'm no expert (my forté is physics and maths ^_^), but I'd be more than happy to continue this discussion. [/QUOTE]
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