Re: Observe the trend. It’s happening. Give it time.

On Thu, 6 Mar 2025 0:45:05 +0000, MarkE wrote:

On 5/03/2025 3:31 pm, MarkE wrote:

Is there a limit to capability of natural selection to refine, adapt and
create the “appearance of design”? Yes: the mechanism itself of
“differential reproductive success” has intrinsic limitations, whatever
it may be able to achieve, and this is further constrained by finite
time and population sizes.
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Martin, let's stay on topic. Would you agree that there are limits to NS
as described, which lead to an upper limit to functional complexity in
living things?
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How these limits might be determined is a separate issue, but the first
step is establishing this premise.

If there are limits, you did nothing to establish that beyond asserting
it. You also didn't expand on your asserted limits, you know as in
(begin music) I'll do anything for love, but I won't do that. It seems
to boil down to you begrudgingly accepting some evolution but then
arbitrarily deciding other things are too much.
Feel free to provide the math behind your asserted limits.
Of course while you're at it, you might consider ...
it would be far far more sensible to attempt to consider a limit to
the __rate__  of evolution than to evolution itself. It's a science
thing.