Reply to Re: Evolution
If you don't have an account, just leave the password field blank.
@Icesaber: This process I see in the first category - adaption to the environment
@Simeon: Hey that's really interesting to think this through.
I understand that mutations are 'mistakes'. This results in an new combination in the DNA. A combination that is not yet available.
But: The 'functions' that are defined behind that new thing are not new. Just the combination with the other elements. This might/will result in new possibilities (right) but still with the old functionality.
An example that comes to my mind: You have three different types of blocks with which you can build a building. The combination of theese create the different structures in the building. The bulding plan defines where you have to put each type of block. So when an error occurs in the plan you will end up in a different structure of the building. But you will never have some wood inside the building just because there is an error in the plan.
@Simeon: Hey that's really interesting to think this through.
I understand that mutations are 'mistakes'. This results in an new combination in the DNA. A combination that is not yet available.
But: The 'functions' that are defined behind that new thing are not new. Just the combination with the other elements. This might/will result in new possibilities (right) but still with the old functionality.
An example that comes to my mind: You have three different types of blocks with which you can build a building. The combination of theese create the different structures in the building. The bulding plan defines where you have to put each type of block. So when an error occurs in the plan you will end up in a different structure of the building. But you will never have some wood inside the building just because there is an error in the plan.
