RE: ::scr Re: doesn't have the morlocks

[Dan Argent <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >
> > Except for all the ones that don't have the freaky webbed arms and
> > therefore plummet to their deaths on the rocks below. Only a very
> > small fraction of such lizards will have the genetically 
> predetermined
> > capability of flight.
> 
> the ones who have this usefull ability are the ones who are 
> going to be
> best of trying to escape from predators by leaping from cliffs.  We as
> conscious entities are able to judge with a fair degree of 
> accuracy our
> sttrengths and weaknesses and if were blessed with wings we 
> would know that
> parachuteless skydiving is a sport we could excell at


And as a "conscious  entity, you may make the wrong choice and not even try,
or be discouraged by early failure.
Then you get eaten, as opposed to flying off. (or whatever happens to
humans)


> >>> If there is no inheritable difference in ability and 
> potential then
> >>> it is impossible for any evolution to occur and the only
> >>> explanation for the diversity we see around us is a creator god
> >>
> >> pah. Why invoke god?
> >
> > Because if evolution doesn't work then some kind of god is the only
> > other explanation for the observed diversity of our surroundings.
> 
> and evolution only works if creatures are born with inherent 
> differences
> which affect what they can and cant achieve.

Evolution as applied to animals is no longer applicable to humanity.