The difference of opinion here seems to be on the relative causal contributions coming from changes in levels of organization vs levels of selection. Depending on how cellular levels of organization effect, no matter the affect of total translation in space and form-making, changes during speciation it seems to me the general idea of stressors does not preclude a more reductionist view than the individualism of Darwinism tends to return that Crash and Rand separated intra thread alia. To immediately assume that this must be in support of PE (unless there were statements to that (effect) that I missed) is mistaken as the general alternative thought process seems congruent to Gladysev's as well. There is a conflict in trying to combine notions of selection in the macro or micro sense.
The point relative to C/E is that indeed alternative perspectives whether from creationist motivations or alternative biological sources ARE actively (or rather by actual passive passing on) deprecated in the academic world. I, myself am a case in this point. The difficulty is that these kinds of thoughts often recall biological determinism in some reality and ARE intellectually difficult to keep up out of FEAR of eugenics and WWII rather than for any specific idea about how cell death affects heritable paths. Still even, here on EVC we are not very adroit at separating direct imposition of causality from that by God, BY god!! That is all.
This message has been edited by Brad McFall, 02-10-2006 05:39 PM