Autonomy and balance (Evolution)

by David Turell , Monday, June 06, 2016, 18:25 (2873 days ago) @ dhw


> DAVID: A very acceptable summary, aside from the fact you do not understand Australia. They know what proper balance should be, but feral foreign species are damaging severely the original species balance.
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> dhw: Thank you, but if “balance of nature” only means that life continues in no matter what form, there is no such thing as “proper balance”. The feral foreign species are just as much living organisms as the original species, and so we simply have yet another change of balance.-I understand that the feral foreign animals created a new balance, but the Aussies want to return to the original 'proper balance' to protect their unusual indigenous animals.
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> dhw: If he gave the organisms the mechanism, it is clear that he is the prime mover. Our long, long, long discussion has been about the existence of the autonomous inventive mechanism, not about whether God designed it.-Agreed. There must be some sort of speciation mechanism, unless God directly dabbles.