No, you are missing a point there, Peter. Non-survival traits do away with a line. Survival traits give it a boost. But traits that do not affect survival are a dice roll, which is the point you are missing. Pure chance, in other words.
-- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" ----------------------------------- P. J. Alling wrote: > Evolution has only one real mechanism. If a characteristic helps a > creature survive it has more offspring passing that characteristic on. > If it hinders it's survival then it has fewer or no offspring and that > characteristic isn't passed on. The problem with evolution that I see > is that it doesn't favor intelligence, it only favors survival. Up to a > point a larger brain is good, but it reaches a point where the energy > requirements of a bigger brain are counter productive, yet give no > further help with survival behavior. That is until you reach a > breakthrough point where that larger brain begins to pay big dividends. > However you need a much larger brain to reach that point. In other > words it doesn't really explain us. > > frank theriault wrote: >> On 6/12/07, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>> -As close to fact as a theory can be. >>> >> To clarify, >> >> It seems that what I should have said is that the fact that there ~is~ >> evolution seems to be considered beyond dispute among the vast >> majority in the scientific community. What appears to be not yet >> settled (and therefore theory) is ~how~ evolution works. But, >> evolution itself is considered fact. >> >> cheers, >> frank >> >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
