Re: Why Evolution is a metaphysical hypothesis

In message <39eb9341-e9eb-4f11-b34f-37b12c3da247@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, soriano.fm@xxxxxxxxx writes

Well, I have already outlined the problem and the incogruency with Evolution Theory: If it were true, by the mutations trend required in the past and the evolution in the number of individual, today we should be attending to a lot of mutations around the world. We have evidence (from Egipts and before) that that has not happen in the las several thousends of years (we are the same as a egypt mmomified 6.000 years ago). The only mutations we see (in the news once in a while) are nature aberrations which left alone would die (bebes joined by their heads, bebes with mal-formations,...).

The people who study the subject don't think that the mutation rate is a problem for the theory of evolution. (On a related topic, some people consider the problem is not why evolution is so fast, but why it is so slow; observed rates of evolution far exceed those required to account for the fossil record.)

Your error lies in a gross misunderestimate of the mutation rate. The actual mutation rate is well in excess of 1 per genome. (Also, your examples more commonly occur from developmental anomalies, and not from mutations.)

You also neglect that morphological change in evolution is episodic.

I am not saying that I am in favour of Creationism. In the same way as evolution has a big scientific inconsistency, also creationsims has a big inconsistency for any one that beleives in God. But, I will tell you (if you are interested) some other day.


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