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Author Topic:   How do we know about natural selection?
igor_the_hero
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Message 1 of 9 (298149)
03-25-2006 10:00 PM


How can we know about natural selection? All I understand it to be is nature itself deciding who is supreme and who is not. It all sounds like God but without a brain or any idea what it is doing. Everytime it seems like it is doing good work through its mechanism, evolution. We can not prove it because it is a force nobody can tell you a thing about. Nobody has ever seen natural selection. They have no idea WHAT is natural selection. Yes we may have a definition for it, but can somebody explain what it is? If we never see it than how do we know it exists. I know this sounds like a God argument but there are reasons to believe in Him. People have talked to God but nobody has talked to natural selection. I do realize this is badly written but this is the best way I could think of to write it and help people understand my confusion. Also this is a flawed understanding of natural selection but it is all that I understand that it is. Clairification is very neccessary.
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igor_the_hero
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03-25-2006 10:59 PM
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03-25-2006 10:14 PM


Re: Needs lots of work.
Does this help any? I am sorry. This is just a very confusing subject for me.

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igor_the_hero
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Message 5 of 9 (298179)
03-25-2006 11:10 PM
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03-25-2006 11:06 PM


Re: Needs lots of work.
Absolutely. Nobody has ever explained it to me and when I ask they avoid the question.

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igor_the_hero
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03-25-2006 11:15 PM
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03-25-2006 11:12 PM


Re: Needs lots of work.
Done.

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