RE: Detecting design or intent in nature
January 18, 2015 at 3:30 am
(This post was last modified: January 18, 2015 at 3:33 am by Heywood.)
(January 18, 2015 at 3:27 am)bennyboy Wrote:(January 18, 2015 at 3:18 am)Heywood Wrote: Last, there are certain specific elements of evolution. They are:
replication
heritable traits
change
selection
You are equivocating on biological evolution and any other kind of evolution. Evolution requires only chance, variable degrees of persistence through time, and sufficient complexity that one persistent form will be able to interact with other persistent forms. That's it.
Can you give an example of an evolutionary system which satisfies your definition of evolution? Your definition of evolution doesn't refute the case I am making. I can simply say evolutionary systems which contain the elements of replication, heritable traits, change, and selection, seem to require intellect to be present to be implemented.