Re: Latest edit on Wikipedia natural selection

backspace wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_selection
"...Natural selection is the process where heritable traits that make
it more likely for an organism to survive long enough to reproduce
become more common over successive generations of a population. It is
a key mechanism of evolution....."

In what way is the concept changed by whomever is this individual who
wrote the opening paragraph , below by replacing common with
preserved. And what is the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pragmatics,
who says so and how would one falsify such a concept. What is this
persons view on the fact the there is no mathematical formula in the
opening paragraph.

=== Replace "more common" with "preserved" ===
"...Natural selection is the process where heritable traits that make
it more likely for an organism to survive long enough to reproduce
become preserved over successive generations of a population. It is a
key mechanism of evolution..."

=== Replace "common" with "preserved" ===
"...Natural selection is the process where heritable traits that make
it more likely for an organism to survive long enough to reproduce
become more preserved over successive generations of a population. It
is a key mechanism of evolution..."

What is the relationship between this article quoted and the validity of the
modern ToE?

Why do you think that the words used in some description of one aspect of
the ToE have anything to do with how or whether it can be falsified?

Make your case. I have asked you this question in different ways several
times and not got one reply.


David

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