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Carl Sagan does a good job explaining this with reference to heike crabs:Can anyone explain what it took for a moth to gain owl eyes on ea wing? Owl are formidable predators recognized by would-be moth enemies.
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why not? Don't you think fruitflies should grow smarter brains and better/ longer life spans? And what about the poor bacterium, always being single celled and never being able to have a glass of wine? Why just 200k yrs ago, the ape like creature became fully human, right?The principle body plans have been established at least since the Paleozoic era. No new ones are likely to appear..
The irony here is that people win the lottery every year. Despite it being extraordinarily improbable.I wonder how many "ABSOLUTELY LUCKY" mutations it took to get the job done.
How come you don't empty your bank account to play the lottery since you believe in luck so much?
What is the selective advantage for fruitflies with more intelligence or greater lifespans? Do you have any evidence that the bacterium is not satisfied with its existence?why not? Don't you think fruitflies should grow smarter brains and better/ longer life spans? And what about the poor bacterium, always being single celled and never being able to have a glass of wine?
I'm not sure what you mean by "fully human." We became what we are, but I see no reason to believe that "fully human" was some kind of a target that evolution was supposed to be aiming for.Why just 200k yrs ago, the ape like creature became fully human, right?
Not exactly "bingo." it took a while, but in the end many different species developed eyespots.The moth needed owl eyes for protection, BINGO, he got em!
And some people have won major prizes (>$1,000,000) more than once. Other people experience the reverse effect, for example having the main and reserve chute both failing. The chances are most people don't understand probability.The irony here is that people win the lottery every year. Despite it being extraordinarily improbable.
Did you not just read my mention about areas w malaria is unheard of? What good is a "beneficial" sickle cell is such an area. Do you wish it upon your family in any case?
You're also quite in an unobtainable fettle as far as any mutations creating new body plans, never been observed, witnesses or proven.
Carl Sagan does a good job explaining this with reference to heike crabs:
The irony here is that people win the lottery every year. Despite it being extraordinarily improbable.
Thing is someone will win the lottery, however the chances of a single protein forming by chance is basically nilThe irony here is that people win the lottery every year. Despite it being extraordinarily improbable.
Calculating the odds of something happening after it has happened is meaningless. The probability that something will happen that has, in fact, happened is necessarily 1.Thing is someone will win the lottery, however the chances of a single protein forming by chance is basically nil
I shall be happy to address this point once you have got around to responding to my post #239 where I offer you a correction of your misunderstanding of the nature of mutations, especially in relation to sickle cell.Thing is someone will win the lottery, however the chances of a single protein forming by chance is basically nil
Whatever else you are, or claim to be, you for sureYou my athiest friend, are DEFINITELY at a stand still as far as dreaming for mutations(copying errors) to create a living creature such as any mammal. All your mutations do is give you disease or mutants. LOL
Hmmm,, not only was that a non answer, but your reply is puzzling. I suspect you are a bona fide athiest?Whatever else you are, or claim to be, you for sure
are deported to Ig City.
what exactly do you presume I misunderstand?I shall be happy to address this point once you have got around to responding to my post #239 where I offer you a correction of your misunderstanding of the nature of mutations, especially in relation to sickle cell.
Do you understand that, assuming you're an average sort of bloke, that you have about 30 mutations that your parents didn't have. Did any of them make you ugly?what exactly do you presume I misunderstand?
I don't presume anything. I infer from your inability to express an understanding of how sickle cell confers benefits on a population that you have been unable to grasp the simple principles involved. I laid these out yet again in my last post and remain dumbfounded that you do not perceive the simple logic.what exactly do you presume I misunderstand?
Whatever else you are, or claim to be, you for sure are deported to Ig City.
Why do you insist on making this about atheist vs. Christian when, statistically speaking, most of those who accept Evolution as the best scientific explanation of the diversity of life on this planet are, in fact, religious people? Several of the people you've been going back and forth on this thread with are, in fact, Christians and only 3 of us actually say we're atheists.Hmmm,, not only was that a non answer, but your reply is puzzling. I suspect you are a bona fide athiest?
Generally it's to say " God is on my side,Why do you insist on making this about atheist vs. Christian when, statistically speaking, most of those who accept Evolution as the best scientific explanation of the diversity of life on this planet are, in fact, religious people? Several of the people you've been going back and forth on this thread with are, in fact, Christians and only 3 of us actually say we're atheists.
Generally it's to say "God is on my side, I cannot be wrong".
Surely you can see that what @Estrid posted and the verse you responded with do not say the same thing, right?Romans 8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
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