RE: Detecting design or intent in nature
January 17, 2015 at 1:48 pm
(This post was last modified: January 17, 2015 at 1:49 pm by Heywood.)
(January 17, 2015 at 1:32 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote:(January 17, 2015 at 1:30 pm)Heywood Wrote: I do not consider rivers to be an evolutionary system. Do you? If you do not why do you bring them up for discussion except for obfuscation?
What do you consider to be the attributes of an evolutionary system?
I would define evolution as follows:
Evolution is a process whereby changes in the heritable traits which reside in a given population accumulate through a selection mechanism over successive generations. The accumulation of these changes can result in an increase or decrease in one or more of the following: complexity, diversity, and knowledge.
Key attributes of evolution:
replication
heritable traits
change
selection
A river system does not contain the key attributes of evolution so it is not an evolutionary system.