Evolution: the basics

[Audie]

This is false. Most mutations are in fact neutral.
And evolution only requires *some* to be beneficial to work.




That wouldn't accomplish anything since that's not how mutation works. Mutation doesn't completely scramble the genome.



Mutations doesn't need to know how to "make it better". That's the "random" part.
It means: random with regards to fitness.

Natural selection is the filter that gets rid of the bad, keeps the good and ignores the neutral.




It's a good thing then, that that is not how it works.



No. You might want to read up on how evolution actually works before trying to argue against it.
You might want to learn what mutation actually does and what the role of natural selection actually is.



Evolution is not a random mechanism.
Mutation is random to fitness, but that is just one part of the process.
Natural selection is anything BUT random.




False analogy. This is just arguing a strawman.
Your analogy completely ignores natural selection and it also completely ignores that mutations are about SMALL changes, not complete scrambles.



Because it improves survivability.


Another strawman idea of yours... that there is "intent" behind change. There isn't.

Again showing that our creationist - spectrum folks
are too ignorant to have anything but falsehoods,
misrepresentation, distortion, and fallacy to offer.

 

[Little Dragon]

This is false. Most mutations are in fact neutral.
And evolution only requires *some* to be beneficial to work.

True, the vast majority of mutations have no discernible physiological effect on the organism, a minority have detrimental effects like causing cancers, and a very rare few, benefit the organism, by increasing that organism's competitiveness or fitness, in the context of the ecological niche within the environment, that it inhabits.

Many of the incredulous, do not understand that mutation is the engine of evolution, whilst also failing to appreciate that natural selection is the one behind the steering wheel, determining the direction taken, to push the analogy a bit further.

 

[Aupmanyav]

Okay this post has ended up being much longer than anticipated. I bet most people just skipped it. LOL For those of you that read, thanks.

Yeah the post is long, but seeing and replying to comments will be interesting.

 

[Audie]

True, the vast majority of mutations have no discernible physiological effect on the organism, a minority have detrimental effects like causing cancers, and a very rare few, benefit the organism, by increasing that organism's competitiveness or fitness, in the context of the ecological niche within the environment, that it inhabits.

Many of the incredulous, do not understand that mutation is the engine of evolution, whilst also failing to appreciate that natural selection is the one behind the steering wheel, determining the direction taken, to push the analogy a bit further.

So simple to understand.

 

[paarsurrey]

I appreciate the thread.
Regards

 

[paarsurrey]

I appreciate the thread.
Regards

By the way, which religion is against it, please, right?

Regards