09-30-2002, 12:39 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: South of Sahara
Posts: 216
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Originally posted by WalrusGumBoot:
<strong>Jeremy:
I get my information about evolution mainly from forums these days, from folks who are kind enough to answer my questions instead of making me feel like a dumbsh*t. I wish I could do more reading, but I have a software business to run, help my wife run her business, and taking MBA classes. I am looking for info from people like YOU to inform me. When somebody I know asks me a computer question, I don't tell them they need to go out and read computer books to find the answers for crying out loud, I answer them no matter what level of understanding they have of them.
LiquidRage:
I understand what you are saying, and in theory it makes sense. In real life though, somehow I can't see it happening. For example, I live on a horse ranch and have for a long time. We've bred horses, along with other animals. There have been instances where the newborns were born with a congenital defect (mutation?) where they DIED soon after. The surviving offspring is still a horse, still a dog, still a cow, etc. For practical purposes, exactly like their mama.
Horses have been tamed by man for a long time and have been depicted in stories and pictures. A horse today is just like a horse 2000 years ago. While 2000 years is a drop in a bucket compared to 3 billion years, if an evolutionary leap is nothing more than the accumulative effect of micro changes, shouldn't we see SOME change even over this short period of time? I mean, when would a new "feature" begin to make itself obvious?
A micro change is only permanent anyway if it gives them a breeding advantage to allow them to dominate and take over the gene pool. And wouldn't such a small micro change that doesn't give this advantage be readily diluted by the prevailing population to the point where there is no longer anything to build upon?
You bring up the eye, which is a good example (why TWO of them anyway?) Why on the front or side of the head for nearly all species from mammals to reptiles to birds to insects? Why hadn't some animal which is heavily preyed upon mutated an eye over time on the BACK of the head to see predators better?
I am certainly hoping that these questions are not viewed as juvenile or even imbecilic. I understand they are basic, but even the "high school level science book" do not cover such things. What's your thoughts on this?
Kind Regards,
Walrus
[ September 29, 2002: Message edited by: WalrusGumBoot ]</strong>
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Your questions are not new to most guys here but don't you think telling us about your wife, your horse, your business and bla bla bla is not relevant here......You don't have to answer coz i will cut with a few letters....Like No body gives a [ ] what you do or what you are...we are talking about this Venus issue
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uuummmmm i don't think so...or its another form of life...
