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Author Topic:   Evolutionary Theory Explains Diversity
PaulK
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Message 80 of 160 (516230)
07-24-2009 7:46 AM
Reply to: Message 79 by interrelation
07-24-2009 7:13 AM


Re: Did Not
Let me ask a simple question. Where are the actual mechanisms ? You talk about your various mechanisms but only about their alleged effects. Not about the mechanisms themselves.
Why should we assume your "Biotic Preservation Mechanism" when the evidence supporting it can be explained (at least) as well as an outcome of natural selection ? Surely we need direct evidnece for your proposed mechanism - not simply effects which you attribute to it.
The same goes for your "Lineage Continuation Mechanism". What is the mechanism and where is the evidence for it ?
And exaclty the same goes for your "Advantageous Properties Mechanism". No actual mechanism, nor evidence for any actual mechanism.
It is not even clear what your "Maturity Sequence Mechanism" is, since it seems to mainly refer to ageing and death (maybe extinction) yet the example you offer is the immune system fighting infection (surely that is an example of your "APM" - adaption to meet environmental conditions ?). And again you offer no explanation of evidence for any actual mechanism. Rather it seems to be a whole bunch of mechanisms bundled up together.

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