Related to this, Herman Muller discovered that a contributor to the "mystery" evolution, the things that aren't quite understood by simple adaptation for environmental survival, can be kick started by radiation particularly gamma rays which the sun spews in abundance. Most of the mutations never pan out, which is probably good, but every once in a while it can initiate a change that can resonate with the rest of the principles of evolution like survival.
-Kevin On 6/15/05, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > +) "Even assuming billions of years this still isn't enough time for random > chance to produce us and all of the other creatures on Earth." > > Given random chance, no - it's probably not. But Evolution is not a process > of random chance. It's a process of laws and (some) predictable outcomes. > The (now pretty well understood) basic laws of Chemistry and Physics work to > mitigate (and in fact nearly eliminate) elements of "randomness" from the > system. Probability handles the rest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:161038 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
