Re: [OT:] Natural Selection and Genetic Mutation

2003-01-29 Thread Alejandro Lieber
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Re: [OT:] Natural Selection and Genetic Mutation

2003-01-28 Thread Ron Clarke
Hi Bob, On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 17:39:01 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 "Ron Clarke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> An observed fact is still a fact. Not to be confused with a >> reproduceable experimental result. > If it is actually a valid observation and not a mistake

Re: [OT:] Natural Selection and Genetic Mutation

2003-01-28 Thread Bastiaan Edelman, PA3FFZ
Hi All, Darwin did observations and these observations can and has been peer reviewed -> so we do not doubt his observations. He observed the results of an experiment... so we know the outcome of the experiment. But we do not know the nature of the experiment. Science tries to reconstruct the po

No Flame Wars (was Re: [OT:] Natural Selection and Genetic Mutation)

2003-01-27 Thread bobdohse
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 "L.D. Best" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What I find most special about life is the surprises. Who would think > [I certainly wouldn't have a couple of decades ago] that people from > around the world who are all interested in a single DOS internet > interface would also

Re: [OT:] Natural Selection and Genetic Mutation

2003-01-27 Thread L.D. Best
I'm going to sorta rehash Ron's contribution and add a little of what I've studied ... Depending upon the gene pool, there can be a lot of variation within a species, or a sub-species [race]. But, as Ron & Darwin said, change happens. Sometimes the change is not affected in any way by the outsid

Re: [OT:] Natural Selection and Genetic Mutation

2003-01-27 Thread bobdohse
Hi Ron, --- On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 20:26:00 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I agree that some, if not all, of what Darwin observed was the results of > natural selection. Since he observed the end results, I don't think it > would be technically appropriate to call that *scientific fact* (since >

Re: [OT:] Natural Selection and Genetic Mutation

2003-01-27 Thread Ron Clarke
Hi Bob, On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 20:26:00 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I agree that some, if not all, of what Darwin observed was the results of > natural selection. Since he observed the end results, I don't think it > would be technically appropriate to call that *scientific fact* (since > ther