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

On Jan 23, 7:25 pm, hersheyh <hershe...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The fact is that 'natural selection' describes a real (but contingent
and relative) process that occurs and can be observed and
mathematically measured in nature. Do you have evidence that it
doesn't occur, cannot be observed, or cannot be mathematically
described?

That depends on where was the mechanism responsible for species
transition defined. Note that once the mechanism has been defined you
can then label it natural selection if you so desire. But the label is
independent of any as yet to be stated theory. You have not provided
me with any theory, what is your theory?

And telling me that traits becoming more common are favorable and
those that don't are not favorable is true by definition and hence a
tautology and not a theory.

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