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Good article. Though I actually don't like their answer to objection #2 - 2. Natural selection is based on circular reasoning: the fittest are those who survi
by geebee 18y ago
Good article. Though I actually don't like their answer to objection #2 -
2. Natural selection is based on circular reasoning: the fittest are those who survive, and those who survive are deemed fittest.
My response would be that this is a mischaracterization of the theory of evolution. My knowledge is grade-school level, unfortunately, but I always thought that the theory of evolution was that random mutation, filtered by natural selection, let to speciation.
That is a refutable hypothesis - ie., something that can be supported or refuted by the evidence. To me, the circular thing seems true, but irrelevant.