(September 28, 2017 at 5:45 pm)Khemikal Wrote: There most definitely is a gene pool, it is a thing, and it is undergoing a process over time. DNA isn't theoretical.
All words are shorthand for something, Benny. All of them. The simplest concept being built out of elaborate logical/linguistic/sensory underpinnings, and all that jazz.
"Gene pool" isn't "DNA." DNA is a sequence of chemical markers arranged in a helix. The gene pool is. . . what? Over generations of individual members of a species, how would you describe the thing that is the gene pool?