Book review of Nature\'s I.Q. (Evolution)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Saturday, September 12, 2009, 15:59 (5552 days ago) @ David Turell

Here, critique these:
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> > http://talkorigins.org/indexcc/CC/CC300.html
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> > http://talkorigins.org/indexcc/CC/CC301.html 
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> Makes no point. Not worth anything.
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> > (Sorry to use talkorigins but I know quite a few biologists and paleontologists worked to put it together.)
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> Please don't ask me again to refute incorrect material:-And how on earth am I supposed to know that it IS incorrect? Keep in mind this was a major source of info for me for quite some time. *You* know more about this stuff than I do. (Remember, paleontology is NOT anything I have any experience with whatsoever. You've spent much more time with it.) -The only sticking point I might have is on the predation issue. If we see predators rapidly evolving alongside of prey, do you simply consign that to "correlation only?" I ask because modern-day arms races have been well studied and these changes are rapid. It definitely seems like a very plausible explanation. -Part of your argument also seems to be (correct me if I'm wrong) that evolution is much more internally directed than it is by environmental influences? Help me out by describing how this statement could be proven. The best I can come up with is the artificial biotic experiment I created a short while ago. The DNA of these man-made life forms should drive them to evolve when outside pressures don't force them to. The only issue here is that we actively use selection to force selection where we want it to go.-If changes in phenotype happen epigenetically, but they are not passed on, then traditional evolution would still be safe. I can't find a way that epigenetics would crack natural selection as the driving force.

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