wirelessguru1 Wrote:
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> > On the other hand, a great many South
> Africans are going to die of AIDS due to the
> > pseudoscience being pushed by the President
> and his Health Minister.
>
> Bernard, what I find the most fascinating of all
> is that the people who defend natural selection
> with randomness like you and Dave L are the same
> people who then also want to intervene to try to
> stop AIDS and global warming and pretty much
> directly interfere with almost everything else!!!
>
> To me, this is indeed the most ironic behavior of
> all!!!
>
> --wirelessguru1
WG,
I usually ignore your replies as being inane and irrelevant to serious discussion. This must ve one of your most stupid (and insulting) comments. As I and others have told you countless times-- the modern synthesis (and Darwin's original conception) has two aspects 1) variation which comes about through random mutations, random combinations of gametes, etc and 2)natural selection which, depending on the environment (written large) at the time, will favor the reproductive success of particular individuals. This over time produces evolution. Now, you continued harping on "randomness" as the sole mechanism involved either reflects so low a level of inteligence thant you cannot grasp the concept or a willful fixation on misrepresenting for rethorical purposes.
Second, one of the things that make us humans is precisely that we do try combat the ruthless process of natural selection. This is why humans try to heal the sick and aid the poor and powerless. Your ignorance is revealed even in your example-- a more appropriate example is the fact that we are preventing the elimination of hemophiliac genes and other genetic disease producing genes from the humangen pool by keeping peoiple withthese genes alive long enough to reproduce. Are you saying that Davel and I are less than human because we know about and defend the modern synthesis theory of evolution? I also know how an atomic bomb works. Does this mean that I advocate nuclear war?
Bernard
