GOD

[siSTARindigo]

done

[MoonStarer420]

... just like evolution and adaption are different. I believe we agreed on that....correct me if I am wrong.

Nope, Adaption is just evolution on a small scale. Or were you just talking to 974x4?

[mont974x4]

Moon,
In a sense I think you're right

I think evolution, in the classical or macro sense, would be cross species changes and I don't see enough evidence to support that. Adaptation are smaller evolutionary changes within a species. For example, the single breed of dog that left Noah's Ark then adapted in mutiple breeds.

[siSTARindigo]

Nope, Adaption is just evolution on a small scale. Or were you just talking to 974x4?

I was talking to mont about agreeing. But that's cool. Whoever can jump in whenever

And I agree with you too. But evolution isn't adaption, right? And you can't say "yes, on a large scale" because there IS adaption without evolution. So it isn't inerchangable. Although very close, I see them as different.

Eva

[siSTARindigo]

Adaptation versus Evolution.

Schwartz J.H.
Departments of Anthropology and History and Philosophy of Science, 3H01 WWPH, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA

Thursday 26/08/04

Time: 08:30

Sala: 500

More than a century ago, De Vries and Bateson pointed out that, despite the title of Darwin's most famous opus, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, this treatise dealt not with the evolution of organisms, but with their survival. A more appropriate title would be: On the Origin of Adaptation by Means of Natural Selection. Through neo-Darwinism, however, "adaptation" and "evolution" became so intertwined that alternative theories which sought to distinguish between the two concepts were summarily dismissed. The situation was complicated further by Mayr's biological species concept, which applied Morganâ??s and then Fisher's particular melding of Mendelism and Darwinism to a model of evolution and speciation that relied on notions of isolating mechanisms and the availability of "unoccupied" "econiches.â?� While this speculation may seem to make some intuitive sense, it is not necessarily biologically or genetically correct. From the perspective of developmental regulation and cell biology, isolation is not a requisite for the origin of genetic and potential morphological novelty. Environment does play a role, but not as traditionally conceived. In the end, it is important to distinguish not only between adaptation and evolution, but also between different â??kindsâ?� of adaptation. Various primates, especially lemurs, provide excellent examples of how rethinking "adaptation" versus "evolution" might fruitfully be approached.


**Link to original:http://www.ips2004.unito.it/Main_Schwartz.html

[Shelbay]

FLESH:In a world riven by ignorance, only the atheist refuses to deny the obvious: Religious faith promotes human violence to an astonishing degree. Religion inspires violence in at least two senses: (1) People often kill other human beings because they believe that the creator of the universe wants them to do it (the inevitable psychopathic corollary being that the act will ensure them an eternity of happiness after death). Examples of this sort of behavior are practically innumerable, jihadist suicide bombing being the most prominent. (2) Larger numbers of people are inclined toward religious conflict simply because their religion constitutes the core of their moral identities. One of the enduring pathologies of human culture is the tendency to raise children to fear and demonize other human beings on the basis of religion. Many religious conflicts that seem driven by terrestrial concerns, therefore, are religious in origin. (Just ask the Irish.)

SISTAR:My belief on killing.....I do not believe in capitol punishment ONLY because I don't feel like humans get to make the decision when another dies. People die when they are suppose to. No matter what age.

This whole article is not what I believe, so I am going to stop here. I think I have proven my point. If you'd like me to continue FLESH, just ask

You always think you prove a point...and never prove anything but that you have a filthy mouth and your just stupid...anyone can fill a page with words..but your just dumb! Really.

[mont974x4]

Shel do you just like to pick fights for the sake of having an argument? What's wrong with having a real discussion?

[Shelbay]

Shel do you just like to pick fights for the sake of having an argument? What's wrong with having a real discussion?

Mont...do you actually know what started on last nights thread or are you just assuming as the other 2 do? Treat me with respect and you get it back...talk trash like those 2 for my opinions and thats what you get back. Do you actually think your two buddies have a halo on their head...or that it is actually a funny thing for multipal posts to be made of my incarceration? Now if YOU want to have a real discussion then ask your buddies to shut up every time I make a post and maybe then we could have one. Anyone with a real brain can read the thread and see where it started so....do that and get back to me. They act like spoiled fat brats and I don't give a darn if it is the internet...start threatening my family and they got what they had coming...how about all their posts?? Have you questioned your buddies or just me? Apparently not or your question would have been phrased different. They did nothing but talk about my prison time..my family....my looks...my intelligence etc...all because I posted I didn't condone homos (man love)...so now stop being a hypocrite and get your facts straight next time you want to ask me a question. Oh and one more thing....all of you need to pray you NEVER go where I was and to make light of it...very bad Karma...maybe not you..but could be a loved one any day...so keep laughing.

[siSTARindigo]

Shel do you just like to pick fights for the sake of having an argument? What's wrong with having a real discussion?

She isn't capable of having one, that is the problem. Just ignore her, hopefully she will get bored, and go beg for attention somewhere else :thumbsup:

[siSTARindigo]

Mont...do you actually know what started on last nights thread or are you just assuming as the other 2 do? Treat me with respect and you get it back...talk trash like those 2 for my opinions and thats what you get back. Do you actually think your two buddies have a halo on their head...or that it is actually a funny thing for multipal posts to be made of my incarceration? Now if YOU want to have a real discussion then ask your buddies to shut up every time I make a post and maybe then we could have one. Anyone with a real brain can read the thread and see where it started so....do that and get back to me. They act like spoiled fat brats and I don't give a darn if it is the internet...start threatening my family and they got what they had coming...how about all their posts?? Have you questioned your buddies or just me? Apparently not or your question would have been phrased different. They did nothing but talk about my prison time..my family....my looks...my intelligence etc...all because I posted I didn't condone homos (man love)...so now stop being a hypocrite and get your facts straight next time you want to ask me a question. Oh and one more thing....all of you need to pray you NEVER go where I was and to make light of it...very bad Karma...maybe not you..but could be a loved one any day...so keep laughing.

Look in the mirror sweet cheeks, you dish it but can't take it. You have done nothing but trash talk.....NOTHING! No intelectual ANYTHING came out of you. You started the name calling, and trash talking......or have you forgotten in your little pitty party?