Evolution (Evolution)

by David Turell , Monday, March 31, 2008, 16:26 (5870 days ago) @ dhw

Without quoting from dhw, I wish to note that he avoided the point I alluded to that evolution appears to move in the direction of more complexity by developing more superior organisms. Considering the chance development of variation from chance mutation, and the fact that beneficial mutations are roughly only 1/3 of all mutations, I still don't understand why evolution (using the Darwin mechanisms, including natural selection) accomplished that directionality. To me the Darwin Theory is primarily a passive Theory, despite the activity of competition in Natural Selection. The explanation might lie in current research in the DNA/RNA mechanism which shows that certain RNA's increase complexity by exerting control of networks of gene expression. But this now brings up another issue I have mentioned. There is an enormous amount of information coded into this mechanism. Watson-Crick DNA code for amino acids is child's play compared to what must really undlie the whole process.