[grey_whiskers]

They did not allow extinction, which normally would terminate all further evolution They did not allow error catastrophe, which normally would cause a degeneration away from any target sequence They did not allow canyons and hills in the fitness terrain (which BTW is never defined) which normally would prevent evolution In short, they assume naive natural selection - that evolution is upward, ever upward.

Interesting. You are the only person on either side on any of these threads who has touched on some of the interesting aspects of the simulations; even though to my way of thinking you are somewhat mischaracterizing them.

How fruitful the simulations could be, if they were used systematically to investigate [note the lack of split infinitive] features of the biosystem and their influences on the predicted and actual rates of speciation, instead of just as parlor tricks to intimidate creationists, remains to be seen :-)

Cheers!

[caffe]

My objections were accurate. If you wish I could go into more detail. It's amazing to me how easily people are fooled because they do not investigate the actual methodology and simply accept the results.

Are you accepting speciation as a legitimate fact or theory?

If so, why?