[microgood]

Evolution is not a random process. You bring to mind Dawkins' words about people who reject evolution.

You are right. I meant to say unguided.

Why not?

Because I do not see how even if the world was 300 trillion years old you could mutate your way from a single cell creature to a human. You can call it the argument from incredulity but it just does not make any sense. What I find incredible is that anyone actually believes it. I must be missing something.

I can buy evolution up to our common ancestor with the chimps but after that (or before that) you lose me.

The evolution of behavior in ants is discussed in Sociobiology. You should read it. It's a classic.

Thanks, I will check it out. Those ants fascinate me. Some show on discovery said their language is way more complicated than human language and is transmitted through high frequency waves of some kind.

[Right Wing Professor]

Because I do not see how even if the world was 300 trillion years old you could mutate your way from a single cell creature to a human. You can call it the argument from incredulity but it just does not make any sense. What I find incredible is that anyone actually believes it. I must be missing something.

Possibly what you're missing is the intermediate steps? We know about most of them. Do you have any problem, for example, with the transition from a lobe-finned fish to a tetrapod?

When I first looked at electronic circuits, I thought who the heck can possibly understand this complicated network of transistors and resistors and capacitors. Once I learned a little more, of course, I realized it can all be divided into sub-circuits that perform particular functions, and it's just a question of recognizing the elements. People can understand the most extraordinarily complex things, but only in pieces.