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Author Topic:   Does the Darwinian theory require modification or replacement?
Tanypteryx
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Message 274 of 760 (612069)
04-12-2011 9:34 PM
Reply to: Message 272 by shadow71
04-12-2011 8:23 PM


Re: LURIA & DELBRUCK random mutation experiment
shadow71 writes:
It's interesting that Darwin's theory was random mutation period.
Good Grief, shadow!
No wonder everyone thinks you don't know what you are talking about. Darwin's theory was Natural Selection not mutation, random or non-random. He knew there was variation in populations but he did not know what caused it or how it was passed on.
Face it, the days of random mutation are gone.
Whew, thanks for letting us know. I was worried that I might have a hundred or so mutations.
Now we have studies about directed mutation, adapatilve mutation, intelligence in the cells etc.
What you have are a handful of papers with opinions, speculations, and inflated assertions, but very little actual data or evidence that shows that something new has been discovered.
The affects in the papers you seem to be so enthusiastic about happen in a narrow set of circumstances, in a few species and are still random with respect to fitness. There is not one shred of evidence that these mechanisms apply widely to the rest of the life on this planet.

Tactimatically speaking, the molecubes are out of alignment. -- S.Valley
What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python
You can't build a Time Machine without Weird Optics -- S. Valley

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Tanypteryx
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From: Oregon, USA
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Message 276 of 760 (612073)
04-12-2011 9:51 PM
Reply to: Message 275 by jar
04-12-2011 9:42 PM


Re: On the intelligence he's trying to market.
Intelligent Cells......Yep, that one is so silly it sucks the fun right out of any response I could make.

Tactimatically speaking, the molecubes are out of alignment. -- S.Valley
What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python
You can't build a Time Machine without Weird Optics -- S. Valley

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