Re: [Phys-l] Another alternative theory horror

[MJ and DS Weiss <martweiss@earthlink.net>]

No,. I am not incorrect.  You took it out of context.  read the rest of 
what I wrote.  I said evolution doesn't work so traits can become better 
suited for the niche.  If the adaptation happens to be better suited, 
well, all the better for the organism.  I used the buffalo and the moth 
and several others alomng the way.   Yes, traits survive that are better 
suited... That's saying the same thing as above.  My point was that 
traits do not develop in order for the organism to become better suited. 
Big difference!

Marty

Brian Whatcott wrote:

> At 07:33 PM 2/10/2008, you wrote:
>  
>
> >    The phrase *Better suited * plays no role in the course of
> > evolutionary development.   Traits do not develop so the organism can
> > become *better suited*, rather, traits mutate from other traits
> >    
> ...
>  
>
> > Marty
> >
> >    
>
> Hmmm...Marty seems to have a comparable problem in
> conceptualizing natural selection.
> To paraphrase him:
> "Traits do not develop so the organism can become better suited...."
>
> (Quite! "...so the organism can become better suited" is another
>  phrase from the teleology mindset.)
> Traits survive which are better suited for survival in
> the conditions at hand. Surely, this point is not a difficult one?
> [And, don't call me Surely, of course.  :-)  ]
>
>
> Brian Whatcott    Altus OK    Eureka! 
>
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