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To: Dimensio
Evolution is not a "force". Evolution is a process that is inevitable when given a population of imperfect self-replicators and changing environments. Either that or extinction.

Evolution must be a force because it has been proven that outside influences(such as cold etc) do not change a species but merely emphasize the variation within a species.

For instance if I cut off my index finger and all my progeny cut theirs off, my g, g, g, g, g, great grandchildren would still be born with index fingers. This has been known for many, many years but some evos still try to survival of the fittest drives evolution, it doesn't and has been proven.

Breed a species for instance for one characteristic and if you breed long enough you won't come up with a new species(as had been thought originally) but will wind up with the original species.

Evolution, to work as it is theorized, has to be a force, and unknown one, but still an invisible force. Try to warp it as you will, it is just as myterious and unknown as any religion.

20 posted on 01/13/2006 9:05:08 PM PST by calex59
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To: calex59
Evolution must be a force because it has been proven that outside influences(such as cold etc) do not change a species but merely emphasize the variation within a species.

Apparently you are unaware of oberved instances of speciation.

For instance if I cut off my index finger and all my progeny cut theirs off, my g, g, g, g, g, great grandchildren would still be born with index fingers. This has been known for many

And the theory of evolution does not say that anything else should happen. This is a total non-sequitur.

but some evos still try to survival of the fittest drives evolution, it doesn't and has been proven.

"Survival of the fittest" doesn't drive evolution. Mutation combined with environmental reproductive selection pressures drive evolution. This has been observed. Your "index finger" argument doesn't disprove this in the least.
105 posted on 01/13/2006 11:17:15 PM PST by Dimensio (http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif <-- required reading before you use your next apostrophe!)
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To: calex59
For instance if I cut off my index finger and all my progeny cut theirs off, my g, g, g, g, g, great grandchildren would still be born with index fingers.

Instead of cutting off your index finger, kill all but the 10% of people on your island with the shortest index fingers and repeat that for 100 generations...

255 posted on 01/14/2006 10:40:59 AM PST by shuckmaster (An oak tree is an acorns way of making more acorns)
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