BTW, note the common error expressed in the thread title. "positive Progression"? Evolution isn't about progress, but rather about adaptation.
While "adaption" or "succession" would probably be a better term, "progression" is not really improper.
From
Progression Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com:
quote:
Progression (noun)
1. the act of progressing; forward or onward movement.
2. a passing successively from one member of a series to the next; succession; sequence.
3. Mathematics. a succession of quantities in which there is a constant relation between each member and the one succeeding it. Compare arithmetic progression, geometric progression, harmonic progression.
4. Music. the manner in which chords or melodic tones follow one another; a succession of chords or tones.
5. Astrology. any of a variety of methods of comparing the natal chart to subsequent planetary positions in order to establish an optimum time to accomplish things or to establish the probable time an event occurred or will occur.
I had an encounter with this concept many years ago, when I (Minnemooseus) referred to evolution as being a progression (or something like that).
If anyone wants to discuss this item further, they should find a better place to do it (perhaps the
Quick Questions, Short Answers - No Debate topic. It does not belong in this topic.
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It really helps moderators figure out if a topic is disintegrating because of general misbehavior versus someone in particular if the originally non-misbehaving members kept it that way. When everyone is prickly and argumentative and off-topic and personal then it's just too difficult to tell. We have neither infinite time to untie the Gordian knot, nor the wisdom of Solomon.
There used to be a comedian who presented his ideas for a better world, and one of them was to arm everyone on the highway with little rubber dart guns. Every time you see a driver doing something stupid, you fire a little dart at his car. When a state trooper sees someone driving down the highway with a bunch of darts all over his car he pulls him over for being an idiot.
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