Re: Haldane's Dilemma -- talk.origins rehash

Pim van Meurs (entheta@eskimo.com)
Tue, 17 Jun 1997 09:37:03 -0400

JQ: What amazes me is the lack of discussion of the effects of random
mutations on the genome. Natural selection is named as proof but even this
makes no sense. Even if there were were some favorable mutations by random

Natural selection is not named as proof but as a hypothesis or theory
explaining the mechanism(s) of evolution.

JQ: chance, what about the non-favorable mutations? If we say these did
not
happen or somehow dont count then we are fooling ourselves.

Nobody claims they do not happen. On the contrary. But the idea is that
non-favorable mutations will reduce the likelihood of the organism to
survive and thus will not propagate.

JQ: New generations(using the evolutionist models) would only provide more
opportunities for random mutations.

Cool. More opportunities for mutation, more opportunities for evolution.

Regards

Pim