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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcAq9bmCeR0
This is a youtube video by cdk007 from 2007. It describes his Mutation and Natural Selection virtual experiment to give quantative data to the argument of Evolution. It also describes how ToE has nothing to do with abiogenisis, the argument that is the true opposite of Creationism. It also asks that his experiment be in no way used to support the Idea of Intellegent Design and explains that it does not. the video is about 10 minutes long and almost made me fall asleep. The following quote is a part of the Info section of the video:
This is a youtube video by cdk007 from 2007. It describes his Mutation and Natural Selection virtual experiment to give quantative data to the argument of Evolution. It also describes how ToE has nothing to do with abiogenisis, the argument that is the true opposite of Creationism. It also asks that his experiment be in no way used to support the Idea of Intellegent Design and explains that it does not. the video is about 10 minutes long and almost made me fall asleep. The following quote is a part of the Info section of the video:
In this video I deconstruct the broken watch straw man argument used by creationist / ID supporters to attack evolution. I had to pack a ton of information into this video so you WILL need to pause it periodically.
The basic premise of the argument is that a bunch of parts will never randomly assemble into the correct arrangement to form a properly functioning complex. Once again, creationists / ID supporters miss the basic concept of evolution entirely. No biologists believes, nor is there any evidence that complex systems form spontaneously in one fell swoop. That would be creation. Systems evolve through many intermediates, one step at a time, slowly building up the complexity.
Here I deconstruct their straw man argument. Basically, I simulate clocks as living organisms. Selective pressure is focused on their ability to accurately tell time. NO goal is imposed on the design (you can tell this because every simulation ends with a differently constructed clock). And it works. Clocks evolve through a series of transitional forms: Pendulum, Proto-clock, 1-handed Clock, 2-handed Clock, 3-handed Clock, and 4-handed Clock. Gradually the complexity is built up...