[RadioAstronomer]

Where this falls flat on its face is that evolution is not random!!!

[Tribune7]

Where this falls flat on its face is that evolution is not random!!!

Check the link. That 's addressed.

[ASA Vet]

And you probably don't think this enlightening thread should have been posted in the news forum?

[Tom D.]

"Where this falls flat on its face is that evolution is not random!!!"

You are correct on at least a couple of levels. In evolution, there are mutations, either caused randomly or divinely directed.

Most mutations are either neutral or harmful. Those with the harmful mutations die out quickly and do not produce successfully; thus, the harmful mutations die out rapidly and do not have a chance to compound themselves.

Some of those mutations are useful in that they allow the mutated creature to produce more successfully or to take better care of its offspring or to do something that is useful to its offspring's existence and propagation. It is only these useful (not necessarily good in any absolute sense) mutations that live long enough for more useful mutations to compound further.

[TXnMA]

Where this falls flat on its face is that evolution is not random!!!

Neither are computer "random number generators" used to simulate natural random events.

Plot any three "random number datasets" against the three axes of a three-dimensional data cloud. You will find that, by rotating the cloud of datapoints about the three axes, distinct, repetitive patterns within the cloud will be visible.

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

Where this falls flat on its face is that evolution is not random!!!

Heh heh.

I was wondering how many posts it would take (9) before we got the "EVOLUTION IS NOT RANDOM" rant.

And three explanation points no less.

[Diamond]

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