(December 3, 2019 at 5:25 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:Really? How many times has the earth been destroyed by catastrophes including the last Snowball Earth, which is not pseudo-science and which was not too long ago. Many atheistic scientists agree that NOTHING could survive the "snowball". But, somehow, we did because we are here: aren't we? Gradualism my ass!(December 3, 2019 at 2:07 pm)CarveTheFive Wrote: My understanding is evolution moves very slowly or not at all until that advantageous random variation hits. After that the specific adaptation usually spreads very quickly.
You're describing punctuated equilibrium (Eldredge and Gould) which caused no end of fuss when it was first presented. Many of the stricter Darwinians had a lot of trouble accepting that the gradualism proposed by Darwin might not be the case (some still haven't).
Current thinking is that gradualism and PE are both true, depending on the circumstances in which groups of organisms find themselves.
Boru
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I also invented a diet pill. It works great but had to quit taking it because of the side effects. Turns out my penis is larger and my hair grew back. And whoa! If you think my hair is nice!
When does size truly matter? When it's TOO big!
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