RE: The code that is DNA
December 31, 2019 at 3:08 am
(This post was last modified: December 31, 2019 at 3:17 am by Paleophyte.)
(December 30, 2019 at 3:21 pm)Klorophyll Wrote: So we're left with two options then : infinite regress or a necessary first cause. Disagree?
Disagree. False dichotomy.
(December 30, 2019 at 6:32 pm)John 6IX Breezy Wrote:(December 30, 2019 at 5:45 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: Evolution acts on populations, not individuals.
Populations are composed of individuals, and individuals get modified by mutations.
I think that you're missing the point. Individuals do not evolve. At least not beyond getting cancer. Populations evolve.
Quote:The more individuals a population produces, the higher the chances that a mutation enters the gene pool.
That's wrong on several levels.
- Mutations are in the gene pool to start, even if only contained within a single individual. They might spread through the gene pool if selection pressures favour them.
- More individuals reduces the frequency of any single mutation, unless all the individuals coincidentally have the same mutation, which is damned unlikely.