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Evolution does not create features by accident. I'm not proposing a trait. I'm proposing a lack of a trait (built-in long term life extension feature in humans)
by xlnt 18y ago
Evolution does not create features by accident. I'm not proposing a trait. I'm proposing a lack of a trait (built-in long term life extension feature in humans), which is very different than proposing a trait, and wins by the default unless someone has an argument to the contrary.
- gregwebs 18y agoTraditional evolutionary theory says that features are created at random, but they are not kept by accident. I thought you said this was Aubrey's theory, not yours. Perhaps you should quote him or rephrase. Can you also site how lack of default traits also 'win by default' in evolutionary theory?
- xlnt 18y agoIt was Aubrey's theory first. It's also my theory, currently. You are mistaken about evolution. There are random mutations, but those are not complex features, they are tiny changes. It takes many mutations to build up to a major feature. Example of "lack of trait" winning by default: might humans have the ability to breath the air on Mars? no. why? there's no reason that feature would have been created. you don't have to be unsure whether they might or might not; unless there's an argument on the other side, the "no breathing on mars trait" wins by default.