Selection becomes creative only if it can impart direction to evolution by superintending the slow and staedy accumulation of favored subsets from an isotropic pool of variation. If gradualism does not accompany this process of change, selection must relinquish this creative role and Darwinism then fails as a creative source of evolutionary novelty.
page 149
Thanks for this blog. I’m also reading the book (though I don’t know if i’ll soldier on or leave it for another time).
Keep up the good work!
By: Luis Cayetano on Ιουλίου 27, 2007
at 12:14 μμ
Thanks!
Feel free to argue and/or comment. I am certainly not an expert in this and am learning as I go along.
By: basileios on Ιουλίου 27, 2007
at 12:21 μμ
hello:
First of all, thank you for this wonderful and “courageous” blog. I´m a MD, DDS from Pamplona, Spain. I´ve dealed with evolution and evolutionist reading since I was a kid (Thank you, dad!). I’ve read “The Book” three times, but just up to page 500-550, and I’m sure it’s because I’ve had nobody to talk with about this. I hope I will be able to complete the task this time. So help me God.
P.S: I’m committed with a parallel task at the moment. I want to fight NeoCreationism (the self-called Intelligent Design) in my narrow sphere of influence. I have collected some interesting texts and sources, but It woul please me to receive (and share) new materials from (and whith) you. My e-mail is alfredoarizmendi@gmail.com. Thank you, and sorry for my english.
By: alfredo arizmendi on Αυγούστου 11, 2007
at 12:56 μμ
hi alfredo (sorry for replying late. I have been on holiday). thanks for your comment. I will be blogging my comments along as i go through the book so feel free to add your wisdom to this (as i said i am certainly not an expert).
as for the neo-creationist texts why dont ypou put them online somehwre?
By: basileios on Αυγούστου 20, 2007
at 5:29 πμ
Sorry for the delay…Holiday too!!. First of all, I’ve no idea about how to put anytthing “online”. I´m what I call an e-gnorant. What I´m doing at the moment is to prepare a PowerPoint file containing the fundamental information about the Intelligent Design Affair. Acordding to my brother, it´s finely designed and seems to be useful. I´ll be pleased to share it whith you when it’s ready.
Greets
By: alfredo arizmendi on Σεπτεμβρίου 1, 2007
at 1:59 μμ