(February 1, 2012 at 4:20 pm)Undeceived Wrote: Mutations don't happen during reproduction. They happen before.
Mutations happen before, during and after reproduction.
Imagine it like this. Gene code of Organism 1 is AABBCC. If a mutation occurs and it turns to AABCBC, then it is new information.
(February 1, 2012 at 4:20 pm)Undeceived Wrote: Two organisms combining information does not create new information, it merges and reduces it.
If it is merging, the total information is increasing. Take the original organism 1 (AABBCC) and organism 2 (BBAACC). Any merging can give rise to lots of new information (AAAACC, BBBBCC, ABABCC, BABACC).
(February 1, 2012 at 4:20 pm)Undeceived Wrote: Evolution requires that species diverge.
Yes, the change does create divergence.
(February 1, 2012 at 4:20 pm)Undeceived Wrote: You need information before you have information to pass on to offspring.
But the information does not have to be the same.
(February 1, 2012 at 4:20 pm)Undeceived Wrote: Info such as recessive genes are lost in reproduction.
No they are not.
(February 1, 2012 at 4:20 pm)Undeceived Wrote: Nothing can evolve simply by mating with its own species.
They can and they do.