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Runcible Spoon

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Tue Nov-30-04 09:42 PM
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145. not all of science is petri dishes and "controlled experiments"

some of the mechanisms of evolution cannot be "controlled" by humans, though we do warp the environment without intending to, which may prove to have quite "interesting" consequences for speciation. Evolution is change in allele frequencies. We can measure allele frequencies. We CANNOT recreate natural selection, it would be "man-made" selection, and we can see that occurring in domestic animal breeding. Just because some theories can't be plugged into a lab experiment doesn't mean they aren't observable and scientifically valid.

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