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fckm · 01-31-2005, 02:14 PM

Nonono. I think you misunderstand the Scientific Theory of Evolution. The theory does not mean to imply that there is "progress" or "improvements" in a general sense. Evolution is always considered with relation to environment. Animals change to adapt to roles in the environment. Animals don't get "better" or "worse" in any absolute sense.

Alright, re-reading your post, I guess the misunderstanding is not on your part, but rather on the part of Society, and I think you and I are saying the same thing. Lay people tend to take a very specific statement, such as Darwinian evolution, and apply it to all sorts of stuff that it shouldn't be applied to. Darwin never said anything about organisms "progressing", he always talked about organisms adapting to fit with their environments.

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fckm Insane Location: Ithaca, New York	Nonono. I think you misunderstand the Scientific Theory of Evolution. The theory does not mean to imply that there is "progress" or "improvements" in a general sense. Evolution is always considered with relation to environment. Animals change to adapt to roles in the environment. Animals don't get "better" or "worse" in any absolute sense. Alright, re-reading your post, I guess the misunderstanding is not on your part, but rather on the part of Society, and I think you and I are saying the same thing. Lay people tend to take a very specific statement, such as Darwinian evolution, and apply it to all sorts of stuff that it shouldn't be applied to. Darwin never said anything about organisms "progressing", he always talked about organisms adapting to fit with their environments. __________________ And if you say to me tomorrow, oh what fun it all would be. Then what's to stop us, pretty baby. But What Is And What Should Never Be.