[extropy-chat] More on Evolution

[Kevin Freels]

That's exactly what it indicates. Unfortunately, it is not usually taught in
school since most teachers are hesitant to delve too deeply into evolution
for fear of bringing the wrath of God (or the parents) upon themselves. Most
teachers don;t even understand evolution enough to be more than wishy-washy
on the subject.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Trend Ologist" <trendologist at yahoo.co.uk>
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Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] More on Evolution


> Wouldn't this 'fact' be a possible indication that
> there is no ID or that there is a Designer who is
> unintelligent (UD).
>
>
>  --- Kevin Freels <megaquark at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Nope. Not a flaw. A fact. We very well could
> > "regress". For an interesting
> > fictinal story about this, read "Evolution" by
> > Stephen Baxter. In
> > evolutionary theory, the new synthesis does not
> > allow for "progression" or
> > "regression". Progressive evolution is simply an
> > illusion seen by people who
> > haven;t spent enough time learning evolutionary
> > theory. This shows just how
> > poorly schools cover the subject.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Trend Ologist" <trendologist at yahoo.co.uk>
> > To: "ExI chat list" <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
> > Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 9:02 AM
> > Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] More on Evolution
> >
> >
> > > If snakes are a form of 'backward evolution', then
> > so
> > > too could hominids eventually regress, which means
> > > flaws do exist in the framework.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >  --- Kevin Freels <megaquark at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > > It still remains within the basic framework. The
> > > > ability to evolve some sort
> > > > of mechanism to control evolution would itself
> > be
> > > > the result of natural
> > > > selection. Evolution does not have "flaws" in
> > the
> > > > framework, but like
> > > > anything, it occasionally needs to have the
> > details
> > > > tweaked. Gould's "The
> > > > Structure of Evolutionary Theory" brings up many
> > of
> > > > these points.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > > From: "Kurt Schoedel" <kurt at metatechnica.com>
> > > > To: <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 6:32 PM
> > > > Subject: [extropy-chat] More on Evolution
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > The creationists are correct that the
> > currently
> > > > accepted theory of
> > > > > evolution has flaws in it. Their problem is
> > that
> > > > they think that the
> > > > > only alternative explanation is their
> > religious
> > > > psycho-pathology.
> > > > >
> > > > > The website: www.darwingenome.info
> > > > >
> > > > > offers a potential alternative explanation of
> > > > evolution.
> > > > >
> > > > > Kurt Schoedel
> > > > > MetaTechnica
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