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kuresu
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Message 45 of 115 (319596)
06-09-2006 4:47 PM
Reply to: Message 14 by Someone who cares
06-06-2006 11:25 PM


I'm going to do what arachnophilia suggested he could do, but I will change ten letters at a time.
Original post:
It's not like there is a mechanism for it, to stop a monkey from evolving into a human, or a reptile from evolving into a bird. It is the genetic code of an organism. The code is "preset" when the organism is born. There is code for only the traits and organs and tissues of that organism. No new code can be added to the genetic code of an organism to make it evolve into a different kind of organism. It cannot happen. It never has. It never will. That fish over there will never have code added to it, naturally, to make it start evolving legs or parts of them or something. It's not going to happen.
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It's nat loke thire as a mechanism for it, to stop a monkey from evolving into a human, or a reptile from evolving into a bird. It is the genetic code of an organism. The code is "preset" when the organism is born. There is code for only the traits and organs and tissues of that organism. Ne new cove can be added to the genetic code of an organism to make it evolvedinto a different kind of organism. It cannot happen. It never hzs. It never will. That fish over there will never have code added to it, naturally, to make it start evolving legs or parts of them os something. It's not going to happin.
Oh, and I'm counting the spaces in this "genetic" code, so those are liable to change also.
ABE: after screwing up several times (because there is no undo button online), I'm just going to show you the final change.
The theory of evolution is one of the greatest scientific truths uncovered by man. It is a natural account of how the diversity of life came about. The theory’s basic mechanism is natural selection, and this determines how “fit” an organism is to its environment. “Fit”ness is a measure of reproductive success”the more offspring you have, the “fitter” you are. Keep in mind, this is a bare-bones definition, and does not reach the full complexity of what natural selection is. In other words, if you are better adapted to your environment, then you will most likely have more offspring. This pattern will continue.
This is a total of 621 characters including spaces, yours was 603. I was going to change it by a hundred per generation, so it would only cover six generations (arachs initial plan would take 603, my first 61). This message is also a completely different kind (sort of like your reptile to bird thing). It moves from against evolution to for evolution--the other side of the spectrum, and as such a complete change outside of kind. Also, there is a addition of information, something you claim can't happen. And guess what, it's using the same letters.
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kuresu
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From: boulder, colorado
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Message 80 of 115 (319798)
06-09-2006 10:57 PM
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06-09-2006 9:45 PM


you missed it. I didn't give you all the transitionals. had I done it using arachniphilia's method, I would have shown you 603 posts, with a single letter change, if not more, and I would arrive at the new message, or a different one. If done by 10 characters, it would take at least 61 generations of mutations. If done by a hundred per, it would take at least 7 generations. I didn't, becuase I'm not going to spend the next week writing them out. Mutations work like this (at least base-pair subsitutions), and that is how, with many little steps, you can end up in with something different.
Oh, and are you going to reply to my disection of your essay? The post is one the evolution logic thread.

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kuresu
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Message 93 of 115 (321598)
06-14-2006 8:47 PM
Reply to: Message 92 by Crue Knight
06-14-2006 8:00 PM


you're right. If one is right, the other is wrong. It just so happens that it's creationism that's wrong, and by mislabelling and misrepresenting scientists you are spreading falsehoods. So stop it.

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kuresu
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Message 102 of 115 (324000)
06-20-2006 5:07 PM
Reply to: Message 101 by Crue Knight
06-19-2006 11:43 PM


Not to draw this further off topic, but wasn't it the Mayan calendar that predicts the end of the world in 2012?
And everyone has been preaching doomsday for ages--and we've never had one, so . . .

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