For those of you who think that Evolution is a tautology (That which will survive, survives), what does this mean to you? Does it make you think Evolution is somehow an invalid or meaningless theory, or does it mean Evolution is exceptionally simple, etc?
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Exceptionally simple. The variety of life is like the variety in size of stones, when an environmental change happens it's like putting those stones into a sieve. What fits through goes through, what can't get through stays behind. I wouldn't say that it is a tautology because it says that those who are suited for that particular environment survive not that the survivors survive. The cockroach is nature's survivor, it is one of few creatures that can survive nuclear radiation, but if you put it in the sea it would die. By evolution the cockroach survives because it is a survivor but only in its habitat, so evolution is not a tautology because it specifies other things than mere survival of those better equipped for survival.
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Here's a tautology: 1=1 Still true, ain't it? Definitions: 1. needless repetition of an idea, esp. in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness, as in “widow woman.” 2. an instance of such repetition. 3. Logic. a. a compound propositional form all of whose instances are true, as “A or not A.” b. an instance of such a form, as “This candidate will win or will not win.” The truth of these statements is that they are true. Just a little bit of redundant language. *If* evolution is tautologous, then it doesn't mean it's not true.
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Here's a tautology: 1=1 Still true, ain't it? Definitions: 1. needless repetition of an idea, esp. in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness, as in “widow woman.” 2. an instance of such repetition. 3. Logic. a. a compound propositional form all of whose instances are true, as “A or not A.” b. an instance of such a form, as “This candidate will win or will not win.” The truth of these statements is that they are true. Just a little bit of redundant language. *If* evolution is tautologous, then it doesn't mean it's not true.
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"Darwinism: That survivors survive." -Charles Fort No, the survivors are not randomly chosen, they're the ones best adapted to their environment. Giraffes with longer necks can reach more leaves, etc. If it were merely the tautological "survivors survive" then it would be valueless.
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