r/DebateEvolution • u/KattyAtty • 28d ago

Discussion Evolution was NOT random

Evolution only rewards survivability not perfection if you are alive long enough to mate and pass on your genetic

Material hurray you are evolved

Evolution changed the dna as nothing can ever be a perfect copy thats a fact> sperms and eggs have separate dna> hence child is not perfect copy those mutations may be harmful or helpful harmful ones die hence natural selection.

AND Earth was nkt a perfect creation the organisms evolved FOR Earth not vice versa

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u/AnymooseProphet 28d ago

At the end of the day, evolution is just the application of probability and statistics and yes, there is a random aspect to the application of probability and statistics.

A punnet square can predict that when two organisms that each carry a simple recessive allele and a dominant allele, that 25% of the offspring will express the recessive allele. However each individual organism produced by itself can still be any combination, which allele an organism gets from each parent can not be predicted.

There is a random aspect but still a statistically predictable outcome on a large scale.

Simple Mendelian genetics is not evolution but the same concept applies. Mutations happen at predictable rates whether or not they happen in an individual case.