tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821840758756075048.post5663742714893757398..comments2023-09-25T09:44:38.184-07:00Comments on Evolutionary Novelties: Interview by studentUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821840758756075048.post-390005431998381572008-05-30T22:54:00.000-07:002008-05-30T22:54:00.000-07:00This is a great post. Thank you.I especially like...This is a great post. Thank you.<BR/>I especially like phrasing "differential survival of heritable variation". This is really more accurate, neutral, and harder for anti-evolutionists to pervert into social Darwinism.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07462496849879829830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821840758756075048.post-49245721396805782782008-05-06T21:04:00.000-07:002008-05-06T21:04:00.000-07:00Any evolutionist would only consider the possibili...Any evolutionist would only consider the possibility that natural causes produce genetic changes. The causes of mutation are well established, and mainly include errors in copying DNA. Whether these mutations are subsequently fixed in populations brings us to the evolutionary mechanisms of drift and selection.<BR/><BR/>So, yes, I would agree that supernatural causes of mutation and fixation are not scientific, and therefore not part of the field of evolution.Todd Oakleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14309149952900395185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821840758756075048.post-75810662340460105952008-05-06T20:03:00.000-07:002008-05-06T20:03:00.000-07:00In a recent discussion I saw posted on a blog, the...In a recent discussion I saw posted on a blog, there seemed to be disagreement between evolutionists over whether the term "evolution" as it is taught in public schools includes the meaning that species arose through natural causes only, or if evolution as taught in the classroom leaves the cause of genetic change undetermined and therefore allows for the possibility that there was supernatural intervention to produce genetic change. My position seemed similar to yours on this issue, that though a number of mechanisms for genetic change may be suggested, all of them are natural causes, and supernatural causes are not considered to be a part of evolution as it is taught. Is that your view?author@ptgbook.orghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775228362728122027noreply@blogger.com