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To: alloysteel
Backwards evolution, or devolution, would seem to be about as likely as “forward” evolution, if everything were up to chance encounters and “natural selection”.

Ever notice how many people need glasses to correct their vision?

22 posted on 05/17/2007 9:57:11 AM PDT by DungeonMaster (Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.)
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To: DungeonMaster
Ever notice how many people need glasses to correct their vision?

There are a number of defects that human beings have scattered throughout the gene pool, of which less than perfect vision may be one of only minor importance. Eugenics would work on human beings just as well as it does on any other organism that that reproduces by recombining genetic material. The ones more highly adapted to the immediate environment, have a reproductive advantage over those less well adapted. But that means the less highly adapted die off before reproducing, thus eliminating ALL their genetic heritage, not just the poor adaptations.

26 posted on 05/17/2007 10:06:16 AM PDT by alloysteel (For those who cannot turn back time, there is always the option of re-writing history.)
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To: DungeonMaster

“Ever notice how many people need glasses to correct their vision?

Poor eyesight does not inhibit reproduction. It may even assist it!


47 posted on 05/17/2007 10:46:02 AM PDT by riverdawg
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