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Evolution by natural selection. The evolution of the eye is actually well-known. Check this out about the evolution of the eye in mollusks:it's either a senseless fluke, or a purposed intention.
why does anything in nature function.
the eye, why does it see, vs being entirely useless?
in my years of high school and college I never once was exposed to evolution.Evolution by natural selection. The evolution of the eye is actually well-known. Check this out about the evolution of the eye in mollusks:
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osgart said:why does human mind exist, and how did it arise in nature?
What is most important is that we focus it ourselves. You know we are born knowing little or nothing and that it takes years for us to become functioning thinkers. An individual human mind is not even complete until we start to die, but that is not the end. As a group we have more characteristics than any individual. You have traits I need, and I have traits you need. We all need to work together.it's either a senseless fluke, or a purposed intention.
As you know, individuals may disagree as long as we work together. There is something to be said for letting the experts know things that we cannot look into, and I think this is a situation in which you must either study it for yourself or let experts do it.why does anything in nature function.
the eye, why does it see, vs being entirely useless?
if you want provide links to what you consider good info, or offer your best explanation.
Natural selection is the driving force. Genetic mutations occur randomly (by chance you could say). There are beneficial mutations (like the Polar Bear's fur color) and negative mutations (like albino deer in warmer climates). Funny, because a mutation might be beneficial in one environment, but negative in another.in my years of high school and college I never once was exposed to evolution.
what drives natural selection? they say it is undirected chance, is that true?
it's either a senseless fluke, or a purposed intention.
why does anything in nature function.
the eye, why does it see, vs being entirely useless?
if you want provide links to what you consider good info, or offer your best explanation.
Natural selection is the driving force. Genetic mutations occur randomly (by chance you could say). There are beneficial mutations (like the Polar Bear's fur color) and negative mutations (like albino deer in warmer climates). Funny, because a mutation might be beneficial in one environment, but negative in another.
Anyways, beneficial mutations give a leg up to the animal in question, increasing the chances for that animal to pass on their mutated genes. In the case of polar bears, their white fur made it much easier for them to sneak up on prey. When it's easier to get food, you have a higher chance of reproducing. Over many, many generations, that mutated gene becomes the norm, and now practically all polar bears are white.
So, natural selection is the driving force behind evolution. "Survival of the fittest" is how it is described.
Where did you go to school that you were never educated on evolution by natural selection. It is absolutely essential in understanding the natural world, speciation, and how human beings (part of the great apes genus) evolved from common ancestors of modern apes. Human's didn't just appear magically. They evolved over millions of years.
it's either a senseless fluke, or a purposed intention.
why does anything in nature function.
the eye, why does it see, vs being entirely useless?
if you want provide links to what you consider good info, or offer your best explanation.
undirected random chance, which means all the order and design you see absolutely everywhere both within yourself and in nature is ALL a fluke. Apparently as animals our sole purpose is to survive, reproduce and keep warm.in my years of high school and college I never once was exposed to evolution.
what drives natural selection? they say it is undirected chance, is that true?
I went to catholic grade school and an all boys jesuit high school, and I learned a ton about evolution. It was part of pretty much every science class past 7th grade I think.Catholic Christian schools. I'm not even christian.
You should be buying it, considering that "Globally, Muslims have the highest fertility rate, an average of 3.1 children per woman—well above replacement level" Muslim population growth - Wikipediaundirected random chance, which means all the order and design you see absolutely everywhere both within yourself and in nature is ALL a fluke. Apparently as animals our sole purpose is to survive, reproduce and keep warm.
Yep, I'm not buying it either...
That's a commandment from GOD:You should be buying it, considering that "Globally, Muslims have the highest fertility rate, an average of 3.1 children per woman—well above replacement level" Muslim population growth - Wikipedia
No doubt you didn't take the right courses, or they simply weren't available. But being 46 years old and never being exposed to it does seem rather odd. What kind of high school and college did you go to? Never mind I see you went to Catholic schools, which makes your lack of education a bit puzzling, because I know quite a few Catholics who were exposed to evolution in school. So my guess is that you simply didn't take the right classes.in my years of high school and college I never once was exposed to evolution.
Well, natural selection is the process by which individuals with characteristics that are advantageous for reproduction in a specific environment leave more offspring in the next generation, thereby increasing the proportion of their genes in the population gene pool over time. So it's "driven" by chance.what drives natural selection?
Chance is commonly considered to be undirected, so yes.they say it is undirected chance, is that true?
You said and I quote: "Apparently as animals our sole purpose is to survive, reproduce and keep warm." Your god seems to be very keen on us reproducing too... probably just a coincidence that evolution produced a species interested in producing offspring and the same species invents a god that "commands" them to produce offspring. Getting you to believe a god commands you is just evolution's way of getting you to produce more offspring.That's a commandment from GOD:
Genesis 9:7 "As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it."
That was said in response to accepting there is no God and everything happened by blind chance, meaning sole purpose of mankind was those things mentioned.You said and I quote: "Apparently as animals our sole purpose is to survive, reproduce and keep warm."
Evolution doesn't explain our desire to explore, use of reasoning and logic.Your god seems to be very keen on us reproducing too... probably just a coincidence that evolution produced a species interested in producing offspring and the same species invents a god that "commands" them to produce offspring. It's just evolution's way of getting you to produce offspring.
what drives natural selection?
they say it is undirected chance, is that true?