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On 8/24/23 5:19 PM, Mario Petrinovic wrote:
> On 25.8.2023. 1:47, John Harshman wrote:
>> On 8/24/23 4:35 PM, Mario Petrinovic wrote:
>>> On 25.8.2023. 1:14, John Harshman wrote:
>>>> It`s true that the "mutations" De Vries noted were not actually
>>>> mutations in the modern sense. Oenothera just has unusual genetics.
>>>> But the idea was extended quickly to things we would call mutations.
>>>> Still nothing to do with Mendel, and nothing relevant to the
>>>> discussion.
>>>
>>> The only thing you need mutations for is to explain the
>>> uniqueness of humans. And this is what all those people tied to
>>> church wanted, and nothing else.
>>
>> I`m pretty sure that mutations can explain a lot of things. For
>> example, antennipedia in fruit flies. Differences in the sequence of
>> beta fibrinogen intron 5 between Dendrocygna arborea and Dendrocygna
>> autumnalis. Blood antigen alleles A, B, and O. And so on.
>
> The only thing that cannot be done by natural selection is
> human uniqueness, because it isn`t natural. Of course, if you think that
> humans really are unique. I don`t think so, but it looks like I am the
> only person on the whole planet who don`t think so, this is why all the
> other persons on this planet are desperately searching for a way to
> explain human uniqueness, it is of the most importance to them. They
> write numerous books about it, and you read them all, of course.
Sure, humans are unique in various ways. So is every species. Whatever
are you talking about?
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