More Denton: Reply to Tony (Introduction)

by David Turell , Thursday, July 30, 2015, 19:38 (3195 days ago) @ dhw


> dhw: I have repeated over and over again that the intelligent mechanism would explain the “explosion”, as it would explain why organisms were able to produce functioning innovations.-> 
> dhw: My (hypothetical) intelligent mechanism exploits the opportunities provided by a new environment. A sudden major change in the environment could lead to a sudden burst of major innovations, but innovations that don't work straight away won't survive. That is the simple logic.-Agreed
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> dhw:A sudden burst of major innovations does not mean small changes spread over 5-10 million years, and “straight away” does not mean 5-10 million years later!-So once again, DNA must have contained the mechanism for these sudden changes.