Re: Natural selection and favorable traits how were they measured ?

On Jan 22, 7:17 pm, hersheyh <hershe...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jan 22, 9:26 am, backspace <sawireless2...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Friar Broccoli wrote:
If it is, I won't argue the point. I believe in NS and believe
the evidence points strongly in favour of NS, but I know I
cannot prove that God does not sometimes intervene in the
process.
Do you think that you and I disagree on some substantive
point?

Let me ask you the following which is my answer to you:

What is the true meaning of the following:
1) Survival of the fittest. (Note that I never said SoF is a
tautology.)

Taken literally, not much. Better would be "survival of the
fitter" (reproductive success is relative to the success of others,
not absolute -- there is no 'fittest' in an absolute sense, only
fitter in a conditional and relative sense). Better yet would be
"greater differential reproductive success due to better phenotypic

<snip nonsense>

If a cow were meant to produce beer instead of milk would it still be
a success ?



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