RE: Creationist offers $10,000 to anyone willing to challenge literal interpretation of Genesis in court
March 29, 2013 at 2:11 am
(March 28, 2013 at 8:22 pm)Aractus Wrote: If there was an "equal" chance of going up or down, then life could never get as complicated as it is, thus it certainly can be said that evolution is directional.But it's not equal. It's not a 50/50 chance that a species would evolve to be either more complex or simpler, it depends on the pressures that the environment puts on the species and thus, only the ones that are able to adapt best will be able reproduce.
Kind of like how the snakes lost their legs when they didn't need them anymore, or other examples of unneeded appendages withering away.