Comments on: Is evolution relevant to the presidential race? http://thinkevolution.net/archives/193 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:48:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: What Is Evolution? | Cogito http://thinkevolution.net/archives/193#comment-34219 What Is Evolution? | Cogito Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:51:55 +0000 http://thinkevolution.net/archives/193#comment-34219 [...] Is evolution relevant to the presidential race? [...] [...] Is evolution relevant to the presidential race? [...]

]]> By: Evolutionary Biologist on Call Now in Cogito Forums | Cogito http://thinkevolution.net/archives/193#comment-34191 Evolutionary Biologist on Call Now in Cogito Forums | Cogito Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:17:46 +0000 http://thinkevolution.net/archives/193#comment-34191 [...] Is evolution relevant to the presidential race? [...] [...] Is evolution relevant to the presidential race? [...]

]]> By: Cogito Conversation: Evolutionary Biologist Annalise Paaby | Cogito http://thinkevolution.net/archives/193#comment-34188 Cogito Conversation: Evolutionary Biologist Annalise Paaby | Cogito Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:53:04 +0000 http://thinkevolution.net/archives/193#comment-34188 [...] have been asked to explain their beliefs about evolution in national debates (see here and here for examples).  Now might be a pretty good time for citizens who are concerned about our [...] [...] have been asked to explain their beliefs about evolution in national debates (see here and here for examples).  Now might be a pretty good time for citizens who are concerned about our [...]

]]> By: Bethany http://thinkevolution.net/archives/193#comment-1789 Bethany Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:24:08 +0000 http://thinkevolution.net/archives/193#comment-1789 Thank you for your interlucative feedback:). Thank you for your interlucative feedback:).

]]> By: ABP http://thinkevolution.net/archives/193#comment-1785 ABP Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:39:10 +0000 http://thinkevolution.net/archives/193#comment-1785 What I've called <a href="http://thinkevolution.net/what-is-evolution/#random" rel="nofollow">absurd</a> is the claim that evolution is a purely random process, or that complex adaptations are accidental. The reason this is an absurd claim is because it is false, and because it has never been an argument held by the scientific community. It has only been a misguided claim made by anti-evolution advocates. Evolution is not a purely random process. Evolution CAN proceed by the random process called genetic drift, and the genetic diversity that enables evolution is generated by mutations that occur randomly. But evolution can also proceed by a deterministic (nonrandom) process called natural selection. It is by this process that adaptations evolve. Click <a href="http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/0_0_0/evo_14" rel="nofollow">here</a> for a primer on the mechanisms of evolution. If you are asking why life originated in the first place, then your implicit criticism is correct: this is not a question that science can answer with the certainty that Scripture can. What I’ve called absurd is the claim that evolution is a purely random process, or that complex adaptations are accidental. The reason this is an absurd claim is because it is false, and because it has never been an argument held by the scientific community. It has only been a misguided claim made by anti-evolution advocates.

Evolution is not a purely random process. Evolution CAN proceed by the random process called genetic drift, and the genetic diversity that enables evolution is generated by mutations that occur randomly. But evolution can also proceed by a deterministic (nonrandom) process called natural selection. It is by this process that adaptations evolve. Click here for a primer on the mechanisms of evolution.

If you are asking why life originated in the first place, then your implicit criticism is correct: this is not a question that science can answer with the certainty that Scripture can.

]]> By: Bethany http://thinkevolution.net/archives/193#comment-1770 Bethany Sat, 12 Jan 2008 06:56:42 +0000 http://thinkevolution.net/archives/193#comment-1770 Huckabee backed down; you know God created the earth in six DAYS because after each stage of creation, God says "So the evening and the morning were the first day." I was wondering, if some people say the evolution came about by chance, and you say that is absurd, then why did it happen? Huckabee backed down; you know God created the earth in six DAYS because after each stage of creation, God says “So the evening and the morning were the first day.” I was wondering, if some people say the evolution came about by chance, and you say that is absurd, then why did it happen?

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