i personally feel his comment about the earth spinning is perfectly relevant to this conversation as an analogy. Why? Well, for one, you made the comment it doesn't change, which isn't true. The earth doesn't always spin in a specific set rotation, which means it changes. It may be nothing so obvious as going in the opposite direction, but there are variables.
As for being able to present something that is literally changing, this moment. That's ridiculous, straight out ridiculous. that isn't even how they explain evolution. Evolution usually takes place over a long span of time, with small changes happening, which accumulate over time, and you end up, eventually, with something new. If this wasn't the case, why do we have so many different types of the same kind of animal? Thousands of different varieties of the same animal.... Many different types of dogs, cats, monkeys, birds, fish, it goes on and on. These may be similar to each other, but they have noticeable differences.
you know, i'm certain that people have used breeding as an example of evolution. you can see evolution, to an extent, when people breed different types of dogs to each other, repeatedly, over a span of time, to get a specific trait. Maybe a certain look, or skill. This is a perfectly good example of evolution at work. And even this version, which isn't completely natural, takes time. It isn't instantaneous.
Ah, i just looked over eselam's comment, and you said we change, and don't notice. You are right, you see yourself everyday, and thus don't notice the natural changes that occur to you. This is a very basic idea of evolution here. We change, over time, into something new. You know, we even change mentally, to an extent. I bet, if you could look at yourself 5 years ago, and compared yourself to that person, you'll notice a reasonable amount of differences. Maybe nothing earth-shattering, like no, you didn't turn into a girl all of a sudden, but there are differences.
Basically, you get idiots who think evolution is a miraculous process that happens overnight. It doesn't. A fish in your tank isn't going to turn into a turtle overnight. Or probably at all. Not without the need. Let me give you a reason why things become something new, and kind of how.
Okay, there's a fish. This fish has found it's equilibrium. It's doing fine. But then, oh no, a new type of fish has come into the territory. This new fish has decided that the orignal fish, let's call them eselams, eh? and these new fish will be called ragetyrs, ok? well, the ragetyrs has decided that the eselams are quite yummy. Well, the eselams are not equipped to handle the awesome power of the ragetyrs. So, what will happen is kind of like this. As the population of esalams reduces, only the best will survive. These best will breed with each other. This will eventually help the line improve in general, as only the best will survive. when i say best, i mean the fish that are a little faster, a little smarter, etc. As you get the best of the esalams breeding, these traits become common, thus improving the stock. The reason this works is that any of the esalams that aren't better will be eaten by the ragetyrs. And only the best will be alive to breed, right? This is the simplest explanation i can give of an indepth reason as to why there is evolution. Now, you don't have a new species, but you have a better species, it's not the same, because eventually, all eselams, or at least most, will be at that level, and you will begin to have even better ones, who aren't the norm, but even better. Now, if they have already gotten to the point where they aren't the fave delicacy of the ragetyrs, then there will not be any change, cause there is no need, right? Yeah, that was basic.
Okay, i'm done with my lesson. Wow, that was long, lol. Hope you learned SOMETHING, eselam.
Makes sense to me.
