Re: 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
Greg Billock (billgr@cco.caltech.edu)
Mon, 12 Jan 1998 16:08:59 -0800 (PST)Ron Chitwood:
> microeveolution, i.e. variation, is known and has been known for centuries.
> Finches can adapt their beaks to the environment, dogs can be bred big os
> small, horses can be bred to pull a plow or race, cows can be bred for meat
> or milk. All these are adaptations within the genes of the species to
> accommodate environment, or intelligence.
>
> Macroevolution is a whole other matter. It is descriptive of fishes
> becoming amphibians, reptiles becoming birds, apes becoming men. It has
> never been observed, nor are there any mutations that support it. It MUST
> be believed, however, if evolution is believed to have occurred. The 2nd
> Law is the law of increasing atrophy, of the universe running down, the
> complex becoming simple. For macroevolution to have occurred. one must
> believe that the simple became the complex over eons of time.
So are you saying macroevolution is speciation, or that it corresponds
to transitions between higher taxonomic levels?
-Greg