[extropy-chat] More on Evolution

[Kevin Freels]

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.




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> If snakes are a form of 'backward evolution', then so
> too could hominids eventually regress, which means
> flaws do exist in the framework.
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>
>  --- 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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