Comment Re:Evolution is not fact (Score 1) 1583
OK, so let us re-frame the debate.
Hypothesis:
Natural selection is not the only factor in the mutational history of an organism.
The hypothesis is that when an organism is under stress it's genetic code is altered in small ways that may SEEM random but that in reality reflect basic information about the nature of the stress (not enough food, not enough water, harmful chemical in the environment) that information is stored in the huge portions of DNA that currently seem to serve very little purpose. Based on this information the organism will favor, or at least not as aggressively discourage, the mutation of certain areas of the genetic code that are influenced by that area of stress.
Now before all of you post-graduate geneticists start your flame throwers I am not proposing this hypothesis directly, it is a CRUDE and BAD example of something that could be postulated by someone far more informed on the subject than myself. The purpose is to show that it would be possible to construct a hypothesis that a basic intelligent system could increase the likelihood of mutations in certain areas of the genome. This would mean that the mutations involved in evolution are not purely random. Just by increasing the chances of a mutation in a certain area instead of relying on random mutations system wide would increase the chances of a beneficial mutation enormously. Such a system would address many of the criticisms of "non-theistic" intelligent design proponents. Is it entirely misguided (the concept, not my two minute hypothesis)? Would it cause a HUGE disruption in the the theory of evolution? Does it even remotely look like creationism?
Hypothesis:
Natural selection is not the only factor in the mutational history of an organism.
The hypothesis is that when an organism is under stress it's genetic code is altered in small ways that may SEEM random but that in reality reflect basic information about the nature of the stress (not enough food, not enough water, harmful chemical in the environment) that information is stored in the huge portions of DNA that currently seem to serve very little purpose. Based on this information the organism will favor, or at least not as aggressively discourage, the mutation of certain areas of the genetic code that are influenced by that area of stress.
Now before all of you post-graduate geneticists start your flame throwers I am not proposing this hypothesis directly, it is a CRUDE and BAD example of something that could be postulated by someone far more informed on the subject than myself. The purpose is to show that it would be possible to construct a hypothesis that a basic intelligent system could increase the likelihood of mutations in certain areas of the genome. This would mean that the mutations involved in evolution are not purely random. Just by increasing the chances of a mutation in a certain area instead of relying on random mutations system wide would increase the chances of a beneficial mutation enormously. Such a system would address many of the criticisms of "non-theistic" intelligent design proponents. Is it entirely misguided (the concept, not my two minute hypothesis)? Would it cause a HUGE disruption in the the theory of evolution? Does it even remotely look like creationism?
