Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Dimensio

"What do you mean by "more evolved"? What metric(s) is/are measured to determine the level at which an individual is "evolved"?"

Pick some metrics. It doesn't matter. If evoloution is real, the devil is in the details. If the theory holds, plants and animals should have evolved to suit their particular environments. Changing the environment of one group should put them at the disadvantage when placed in a different environment.

I probably should have been PC and said "evolved differently" but that's not what Darwin alluded to, even though I think that applies as well.

My point is, that it can't be ruled out as a possiblity, or even a probablity when scientifically addressing the theory of evoloution as it relates to man.

On a side note, it's interesting how plants are rarely, if ever, discussed when the subject of evoloution pops up. I'm still wondering how that sharp thorn came to be. ;)


447 posted on 08/28/2006 3:33:03 PM PDT by L98Fiero (Evil is an exact science)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 436 | View Replies ]


To: L98Fiero
Pick some metrics. It doesn't matter. If evoloution is real, the devil is in the details. If the theory holds, plants and animals should have evolved to suit their particular environments.

Then "better" is relative to environment. This hardly lends support to racism, as any declaration of superiority is based upon a subjective standard, rather than an absolute status.

Changing the environment of one group should put them at the disadvantage when placed in a different environment.

This is not necessarily true. Even if it were, it would not demonstrate racial superiority.
458 posted on 08/28/2006 4:11:12 PM PDT by Dimensio (http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif <-- required reading before you use your next apostrophe!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 447 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson