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To: AntiGuv
If evolution can be "precisely defined as any (undirected) change in the frequency of alleles within a gene pool from one generation to the next" then intelligent design should be defined as the directed change in the frequency of alleles within a gene pool from one generation to the next.
1,905 posted on 05/30/2005 7:30:50 AM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: jwalsh07; Alamo-Girl; PatrickHenry; HiTech RedNeck
If evolution can be "precisely defined as any (undirected) change in the frequency of alleles within a gene pool from one generation to the next" then intelligent design should be defined as the directed change in the frequency of alleles within a gene pool from one generation to the next.

That is what I initially suggested when I proposed the term "speciation" in place of life v non-life, but Alamo-Girl (and HiTech RedNeck) objected to the restriction of Intelligent Design hypotheses to direct alternatives of the modern synthesis theory of genetic evolution. PatrickHenry also presented comparable alternatives, but Alamo-Girl would veto those as well.

I happen to agree with Alamo-Girl that anything can be contemplated within the parameters of an Intelligent Design hypothesis. The following, by example:

The Dell Principle: AntiGuv's computer hardware configuration is explained by the production and marketing institution known as Dell Inc., rather than by spontaneous assembly on his desk.

It may be far more useful to narrow the definition for present purposes, but Alamo-Girl doesn't want us to do that and I don't really have any objection with regard to the questions at hand.

1,910 posted on 05/30/2005 8:45:07 AM PDT by AntiGuv (™)
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