RE: Pleas from a YEC
May 22, 2014 at 5:35 am
(This post was last modified: May 22, 2014 at 5:36 am by Cato.)
(May 22, 2014 at 4:48 am)Aractus Wrote: Evolution doesn't happen via random genetic mutations, that's a myth. Plus it's impossible - organisms have shielded themselves from experiencing the effects of such unwanted random mutations. If mutations is how evolution works then why would there be so much hostility towards the mutations occurring in the first place? Evolution doesn't have the opportunity to be able to "test" as many mutations as it would need to in order to work.
Your hidden assumption that all mutations improve fitness betrays a basic lack of understanding of evolution. How exactly do you propose that organisms shield themselves from unwanted random mutations?
(May 22, 2014 at 5:15 am)Aractus Wrote: ^ And yet we're still all humans. Which just goes to prove that we're extremely resistant to genetic mutations.
Language is another prime example - Language is what separates us from the animals, but it's not genetic. If it was there wouldn't be 100's of different languages.
Mendel, meet Lamarck.
