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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 08:36 PM Original message |
With "civilization," do you believe humanity is evolving faster or slower than it had been before? |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. 3 or 4 of the Repub candidates don't believe in evolution. They believe |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. Who's conventional wisdom? Surely not biologists' |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 09:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Yeah, I didn't think that biologists would believe that... |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 09:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I can't say I don't even know what a "stupid" allele is or how |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 09:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. No, not a "stupid" allele. Alleles in general. |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 09:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I can attest to an increase in stupidity... |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 09:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I joined DU as the 20,000th something member, since then |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 02:04 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Seriously. Lots of people aren't |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. Oh jeez. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 09:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. What? It's just my armchair "science." |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
10. Conventional wisdom thinks evolution means "getting better" |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 02:00 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. What's it called when a species is evolving and getting better, |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 10:56 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. I have to say I don't know, mostly because |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 11:00 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. That makes zero sense. What do you think "fittest" means? |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 02:53 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I knew that was coming... |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 05:38 AM Response to Original message |
13. The chances of speciation are reduced, because there's less isolation |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 07:49 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Macroevolution is measured by changes in the array of types |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
15. "but they are the ones pushing our world forward" |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
16. Technology is advancing at an exponential rate. |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
19. evolution is not a constant - it has surges and stops |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
20. Evolution is neither "stronger" nor "weaker". It simply is. |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
21. I feel humanity has not evolved for the better |
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