Comment Evlolution is not living more, its dying less. (Score 1) 660
The common phalicy here is that mutation, evolution, happens with a purpose in mind. It don't. It's random. To badly parahprase Stephen J Gould, evolution does not occur by living more, it occurs by dying less.
He backs up this argument with an examination of the fossil records. Is it possible to beleive that some species of prehistocic shellfish had a purpose in mind when these was a mutation that allowed some to tolerate greater fluctuations of salility? When the worldwide salinity of the oceans rose due to having more of the fresh water locked up in ice, those without the mutation died off. Dying tends to lower the chances of reproduction quite signifigantly.
It's simply not logical to believe that random mutations occur with thoughtful purpose.
He backs up this argument with an examination of the fossil records. Is it possible to beleive that some species of prehistocic shellfish had a purpose in mind when these was a mutation that allowed some to tolerate greater fluctuations of salility? When the worldwide salinity of the oceans rose due to having more of the fresh water locked up in ice, those without the mutation died off. Dying tends to lower the chances of reproduction quite signifigantly.
It's simply not logical to believe that random mutations occur with thoughtful purpose.
