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Huntard Member (Idle past 2322 days)  Posts: 2870 From: Limburg, The Netherlands Joined: |
Hey Annafan, great post, one little thing though.
Annafan writes:
That would be oars, not blades. Still not sure if it is an english expression though. row with the blades it has available I hunt for the truth
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Huntard Member (Idle past 2322 days) Posts: 2870 From: Limburg, The Netherlands Joined: |
Hello Rick, welcome to EvC.
RickCHodgin writes:
How do you know this is the case? Have you observed a universe that is different than ours, and where evolution wasn't working? I'm not sure how you can make this statement. Evolution is a system which exists within the universe. Were the universe altered even slightly, everything else would be different. Evolution depends exactly upon the universe being the way it is. I hunt for the truth
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Huntard Member (Idle past 2322 days) Posts: 2870 From: Limburg, The Netherlands Joined: |
I would argue that your statement is ridiculous.
Really? 
By definition, evolution is whatever evolution is in this universe, and it is that way because of the way this universe is.
Evolution is the change of populations over time, nothing more, nothing less, this could easily happen in a universe which is different form ours. Now, the Theory Of Evolution might not explain what is happening in that universe, but you can;t flatly state that evolution is something different there. But, ultimately, there's no way to tell.
Were anything changed - even in the smallest degree - the resulting new (or alternate) universe would have a different version of evolution.
It would have the same version as ours, our theory to explain it might not fit the way it actually happens. But, again, there's no way to tell.
And while the new/alternate universe might ultimately produce something which is even identical to that which evolution would in this universe, it would, by definition, still be different.
The mechanism might be, the evolution itself is not. No way to tell and all.
It would be parallel, similar, congruent, etc. - but it would be different.
An my point is that without observing this other universe, we have no way to tell if this is the case. If I have one aquarium, suited to tropical fish, is it then reasonable for me to claim that no other aquarium can hold fish? That's my point. I hunt for the truth
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