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Originally Posted by Dumar  .it doesn't matter if you say "nature selects random mutations for life based on their traits". life is STILL changing in response, whether it's a right or wrong response to change. whether the change is because of a random combination to express a certain trait. that's still not answering what i'm asking you here today. i'm asking WHY does this occur? there is no answer to this question. there is no reason for it or cause of it. |
For an engineer it's surprising you can't grasp some of the basic concepts of evolution. There is no 'WHY' to the mutations, when you have a population you will have a slight variation in DNA with each generation. Most of the mutations are not beneficial, they can be benign and some can even be harmful. But there is an extremely small percentage where a mutation is beneficial to the survival of the organism. So it's not surprising that the organism will have a tendency to survive longer and have more offspring, thus passing the beneficial mutation on to the next generation. But you do have to remember this happens over a long period of time, when you have thousands of generations you will slowly see these traits become more apparent. So when someone says nature selects these traits it's not that it's a conscious decision being made, it's just a consequence of whatever the current environment is.
