>Ralph
>>Harmful mutations are "mistakes", beneficial mutations are
>>"part of the design". Good cake. :) Why, though, are you so skeptical
>>about the occurrence of beneficial mutations? Aren't they necessary to carry
>>out the design? Or is it optional that the design be realized?
>>ralph
>
Bartvan:
>Science has yet to identify a "beneficial mutation" about which there is no
>controversy.
beneficial mutatations are observed every day. They are utterly
uncontroversial.
>Personally, I believe they happen all the time in the few
>organs still plastic enough to be evolving.
the creationists have been hunting for some kind of observable barrier to
evolution for a long time. If you know of one, you should probably e-mail
them.
>It is my belief that we constantly participate
>in the evolution of our own brains by the use of free will. That is not a
>scientific theory, just my own personal belief.
that's fine. However the statements you made above are factual--or would be
if they were true. They are statements about the world, the truth of which
can be verified or not.
Susan
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