Posted: Apr 30, 2012 5:20 pm
asyncritus wrote:Thomas Eshuis wrote:asyncritus wrote:mindhack wrote:
Agreed.
And what the heck is nsync implying with 'natural selections' (plural)?
As if an agency is working full time making natural selections?
Darwin:
t may be said that natural selection is daily and hourly scrutinising, throughout the world, every variation, even the slightest; rejecting that which is bad, preserving and adding up all that is good; silently and insensibly working, whenever and wherever opportunity offers, at the improvement of each organic being in relation to its organic and inorganic conditions of life.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/ ... .selection
You were saying?
1. Darwin founded the theory of evolution he's no longer the prime authority in the field. The theory has improved since then.
2. You apparently have a problem with metaphorical language, 'cause that's what he's using here, metaphors.
Heh heh heh. This couldn't be a cop out, could it? Hmmm. Quite possibly...
Nope, it's an explanation of the flaws in your comment. Namely an appeal to authority and a (possibly unintentional) failure to understand metaphors.