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<blockquote data-quote="inyati13" data-source="post: 1196801" data-attributes="member: 17767"><p>Natural processes are often characterized by random events. I suppose even chaos. Consider a fundamental concept of the science of Biology. First a preface, at the graduate level, a student finds himself no longer memorizing the number of segments in a grasshopper's abdomen, but the graduate professor forces the student to push further. One of those concepts is at the heart of your misunderstanding as I marked in bold above. Life is an experiment. Structures, organ systems, biochemical pathways are always being tested in every organism. It may be considered random but only those that offer advantages are selected for. Thus, if it does not work it is eliminated in the process of Natural Selection. I cannot covey to you a lifetime of knowledge with the limitations of a forum. All I can do is tell you that if you had been a student of the natural processes by which life works it's miracles, you would not come to the conclusions that you do. What is more is this, when those random processes get some intellectual guidance, the miracle is magnified.</p><p></p><p>Consider this: in only a short time man through selective breeding accelerated the process of evolution by directing the genetic pairings of the original <em>Bos taurus</em> into all the various breeds of cattle. I often look at the evolution of the domestic dog and marvel at how man has taken <em>Canus lupus</em> from its original wolf characteristics to all the various bizarre breeds of dogs. There are no better examples of evolution than man's selective breeding of domestic animals. The same process occurs in the crucible of the natural world. Think on this! Take the afternoon and ponder this, Deepsouth! Nature cannot fail. It must produce that organism which will survive selective pressure. The defective ones are eliminated. That assures the success of those that have the traits that are an advantage in the niche where they compete. Success in nature is a demand. Failure is eliminated as the fossil record will attest.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="inyati13, post: 1196801, member: 17767"] Natural processes are often characterized by random events. I suppose even chaos. Consider a fundamental concept of the science of Biology. First a preface, at the graduate level, a student finds himself no longer memorizing the number of segments in a grasshopper's abdomen, but the graduate professor forces the student to push further. One of those concepts is at the heart of your misunderstanding as I marked in bold above. Life is an experiment. Structures, organ systems, biochemical pathways are always being tested in every organism. It may be considered random but only those that offer advantages are selected for. Thus, if it does not work it is eliminated in the process of Natural Selection. I cannot covey to you a lifetime of knowledge with the limitations of a forum. All I can do is tell you that if you had been a student of the natural processes by which life works it's miracles, you would not come to the conclusions that you do. What is more is this, when those random processes get some intellectual guidance, the miracle is magnified. Consider this: in only a short time man through selective breeding accelerated the process of evolution by directing the genetic pairings of the original [i]Bos taurus[/i] into all the various breeds of cattle. I often look at the evolution of the domestic dog and marvel at how man has taken [i]Canus lupus[/i] from its original wolf characteristics to all the various bizarre breeds of dogs. There are no better examples of evolution than man's selective breeding of domestic animals. The same process occurs in the crucible of the natural world. Think on this! Take the afternoon and ponder this, Deepsouth! Nature cannot fail. It must produce that organism which will survive selective pressure. The defective ones are eliminated. That assures the success of those that have the traits that are an advantage in the niche where they compete. Success in nature is a demand. Failure is eliminated as the fossil record will attest. [/QUOTE]
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