Re: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reproductive_success

On Jun 15, 3:59 pm, backspace <sawireless2...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
rappoccio wrote:
On Jun 15, 2:37 pm, backspace <sawireless2...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jun 15, 7:29 pm, rappoccio <rappoc...@xxxxxxxxx>
The definition changed after further study was performed. Is that
okay?

You didn't provide the original defenition and until you do you are
not even wrong.

Pre-modern evolution was that species evolved into other species in
response to environmental pressures.

And now your semantic stupid argument would be....?


This contradiction was reconciled in the 1930s by biologists such as
Ronald Fisher. The end result was a combination of evolution by
natural selection and Mendelian inheritance, the modern evolutionary
synthesis, or "Neo-Darwinism".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Modern_evolutionary_synthesis#Moder...
"There is no canonical definition of neo-Darwinism, and surprisingly
few writers on the subject seem to consider it necessary to spell out
precisely what it is that they are discussing. This is especially
curious in view of the controversy which dogs the theory, for one
might have thought that a first step towards resolving the dispute
over its status would be to decide upon a generally acceptable
definition over it. ... Of course, the lack of firm definition does,
as we shall see, make the theory much easier to defend." P.T. Saunders
& M.W. Ho, "Is Neo-Darwinism Falsifiable? - And Does It Matter?",
Nature and System (1982) 4:179-196, p. 179.

So a few creationists on a Wikipedia article agree with you? I'm going
out on a limb and say you actually read this one tiny paragraph (or
maybe went as far as reading the actual paper it references) and have
been haranguing everyone on this board ever since with your (and
their) non-objection as if it's somehow interesting, important, a
thorn in the side to the theory of evolution, or actually relevant.

So let's see if your Harry Potter Santa Claus Tooth Fairy Magic
Creationism does any better.

What does creationism state, specifically? Can you quote the original
source? The Bible doesn't count, it's not old enough. You better get
out and find the first person that claimed creationism made all the
species on the planet.

Get to it.

So in the 1930's, the modern theory of evolution was born
and is distinct from pure Darwinian evolution

What is the difference between Darwinian evolution and evolution?

Darwin wasn't aware of genetic mutation or DNA.

Michael Ruse on CNN said that 90% of evolutionary scientists accept
"Darwinism". What does Darwinism mean? What is the difference between
The Modern Theory of Evolution and the single phrase "Theory of
Evolutoin" in Origin of Species?

Because modern people know what DNA is, that it causes protein
expression, is subject to replication errors, and is therefore the
cause of mutations that can have a higher probability of being
transmitted to subsequent generations in a specific environment.

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