@Quehoniaomath,
Quehoniaomath wrote:
i agree. it is mathematically extremely simple to calculate the impossibility of macro evolution.
when you use math it is even easier to see that the longer the time the less likely it is that some things happen!
But eh, ever met a biologist who understand statistical math?
of course they have to ignore that. It will destroy the whole of evolution and for some that is a scary thought!
I went back and read Gunga's post and it doesn't really mean a lot. I get the point that the author is making in that mutations need o appear in both parents and locality and sex and all, but if you step back and look at the big picture that happened ages ago. Man has been pretty stagnant for awhile and I blame both intelligence and technology for it.
Long ago, communities were tied closely in tribal groups. Strong babies survived and weak babies died. Early people didn't have vaccines and hospitals and modern medicine. Weak people died, strong people survived.
So, strong babies that survived grew up to partner with other strong babies that survived to have offspring that carried their traits for survival. It's not as though dad mutated a third eyeball and so did mom and they married and kids had mutation for third eyeball. Blacks had more melatonin in their skin to better handle the sunny climate they lived in. Redheads living in the same environment got skin cancer and died (maybe, just an example.) before they could procreate. Therefore, the strong survived and passed their traits through the generations.
That's how it works to a degree. It's not just a sudden mutation. It's time and survivability.