On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:33:30 -0700, Bob Casanova
wrote:
>On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:17:18 -0700 (PDT), the following
>appeared in sci.skeptic, posted by Hamady
>
gmail.com>:
>>>file:///E:/Harun%%20Yahya%%20-%%20An%%20Invitation%%20to%%20The%%20Truth.htm
>>
>>The neo-Darwinist model, which we shall take as the mainstream theory
>>of evolution today, argues that life has evolved through two natural
>>mechanisms: "natural selection" and "mutation".
>
>...and others. But most scientific illiterates aren't aware
>that other mechanisms exist.
>
>> The theory basically
>>asserts that natural selection and mutation are two complementary
>>mechanisms. The origin of evolutionary modifications lies in random
>>mutations that take place in the genetic structures of living things.
>>The traits brought about by mutations are selected by the mechanism of
>>natural selection, and by this means living things evolve.
>>
>>When we look further into this theory, we find that there is no such
>>evolutionary mechanism. Neither natural selection nor mutations make
>>any contribution at all to the transformation of different species
>>into one another, and the claim that they do is completely unfounded.
>
>The fact that speciation has been observed multiple times,
>in real time, seems to refute your conjecture.
>
>
>observed couldn't have happened>
I have found in the past that all the scientific fiddle-faddle can be
clarified through the application of a little philosophy, in the form
of Kantian teleology, to provide a definition of Darwinian evolution.
And so in pursuit of this I came up with the following definition of
evolution as: That science which is regulated by the Idea of perfect
adaptability of species.
This is not to say that such an Idea actually exists as a causal
mechanism in nature, any more than natural selection exists. But most
philosophical illiterates assume that natural selection does exist as
a mechanism, when in fact it is nothing but a heuristic.
--
" If I had remembered that the name 'Galt' appears
in one of her books, I would have chosen a different
name for my character."
Stephen R. Donaldson, "Gradual Interview"
