tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post4525152648998363887..comments2024-03-28T02:54:46.537-04:00Comments on The TOF Spot: Stranger Things, HoratioTheOFloinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-68186385893438052112013-04-03T16:33:14.583-04:002013-04-03T16:33:14.583-04:00Technically, Darwin claimed both effects, dependin...Technically, Darwin claimed both effects, depending on the environment. In a (relatively) stable environment, change is weeded out. In a changing environment, some changes are become preferred.One Browhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11938816242512563561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-18316566702302502802013-04-01T08:23:54.095-04:002013-04-01T08:23:54.095-04:00Blythe, who originated the theory of natural selec...Blythe, who originated the theory of natural selection, thought it was a force for maintenance of type, because it weeded out divergent forms. IOW, an argument <i>against</i> evolutionary change. Darwin used his theory but claimed an opposite effect. TheOFloinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-40217523661201577252013-04-01T03:35:42.037-04:002013-04-01T03:35:42.037-04:00Regarding your theory on the Asian sheepshead, I s...Regarding your theory on the Asian sheepshead, I submit that natural selection is not about what is advantageous, but about what is <i>not disadvantageous</i>; traits are not selected <i>for</i>, but they are selected <i>against</i>. And so, you are probably correct. It has that ugly noggin for no better reason than the reason male mammals have nipples: the possession of such is not disadvantageous.Francnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-13303914888339346772013-03-29T21:27:03.674-04:002013-03-29T21:27:03.674-04:00It is the Archosargus LenoIt is the Archosargus LenoAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16098801071415142117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-67988730556471827772013-03-28T21:38:40.654-04:002013-03-28T21:38:40.654-04:00You might enjoy Walter ReMine's The Biotic Mes...You might enjoy Walter ReMine's <i>The Biotic Message</i>, wherein he proposes the theory that God has intentionally arranged the creation of kinds in such a way that no theory of evolution can actually explain them.Matthewnoreply@blogger.com