Evolution Versus Devolution

[JoeyArnold]

because i am trying to learn about science and evolution and people are telling me that i have to read books to study it farther

 

[Tiberius]

people make fun of other people when they do not agree with them

I'm not making fun of you.

I am pointing out that your knowledge of evolution is poor and deeply flawed.

Let me put it to you simply.

Evolution means animals change over many generations to become better suited to where and how they live.

That's it.

Got it?

 

[Atheism Is Realism]

because i am trying to learn about science and evolution and people are telling me that i have to read books to study it farther

I think that's very sound advice. Reading enriches your brain. Reading about a topic you know nothing about enriches your life.

 

[JoeyArnold]

you cannot put the definition of evolution in a box to exclude the bigger picture of all things

 

[JustMeSee]

you cannot put the definition of evolution in a box to exclude the bigger picture of all things

What is the bigger picture?

 

[JoeyArnold]

What is the bigger picture?

there is more to everything than just life on earth

 

[Atheism Is Realism]

there is more to everything than just life on earth

Can you elaborate on that?

 

[variant]

you cannot put the definition of evolution in a box to exclude the bigger picture of all things

Definitions by their nature are how we limit concepts by what they do and do not represent.

 

[AECellini]

you cannot put the definition of evolution in a box to exclude the bigger picture of all things

definitions are how we restrict things to specific contexts.

what is the bigger picture?

what is beyond life on earth? life on another planet? seems likely.

 

[HitchSlap]

you cannot put the definition of evolution in a box to exclude the bigger picture of all things

It's a fairly large box.

 

[Tiberius]

there is more to everything than just life on earth

Evolution describes all life that we are aware of.

The fact that other things exist in the universe doesn't change that.

Have you read my post where I explain what evolution is? And do you accept that explanation of evolution as accurate?

 

[JoeyArnold]

I need a word that describes whatever that the whole entire universe is doing or not doing.

 

[pgp_protector]

I need a word that describes whatever that the whole entire universe is doing or not doing.

changing

 

[Tiberius]

I need a word that describes whatever that the whole entire universe is doing or not doing.

Scientists have been trying to describe the entirety of the universe in a single simple way for a long time now. A grand unification theory is still being sought.

But it's a mistake to think that evolution MUST account for everything in the universe. it does not. It only needs to account for how life changes.

 

[JoeyArnold]

why does evolution not account for everything in universe?

 

[Shemjaza]

why does evolution not account for everything in universe?

If we are talking about the theory of evolution, then it's just a description of how life behaves. Not everything is alive, so not everything can be described by evolution.

 

[JoeyArnold]

If we are talking about the theory of evolution, then it's just a description of how life behaves. Not everything is alive, so not everything can be described by evolution.

There is no connection between evolution and the big bang?

 

[AECellini]

There is no connection between evolution and the big bang?

the theories are in two different fields and on two different things.

 

[JoeyArnold]

the theories are in two different fields and on two different things.

No. I already know that. I am asking for a connection between evolution and the big bang. Of course they are from different fields of different things. That is why I am trying to connect the two together because they are not of the same things.

 

[variant]

No. I already know that. I am asking for a connection between evolution and the big bang. Of course they are from different fields of different things. That is why I am trying to connect the two together because they are not of the same things.

The two aren't connected theoretically.

They explain different things.