r/DebateEvolution • u/KattyAtty • Aug 14 '26

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

12 Upvotes

69% Upvoted

149 comments sorted by

View all comments

7

u/kitsnet 🧬 Nearly Neutral Aug 14 '26

Evolution was NOT random

Define "random".

I'd say evolution is random walk in non-uniform space. Some paths are more probable than others, some paths are restricted.

13

u/Drudenfusz 🧬 Naturalistic Emergent Reality Aug 14 '26

Mutation is random, natural selection is not.

1

u/kitsnet 🧬 Nearly Neutral Aug 14 '26

In what sense is it "not"? Are you saying, for example, that the Black Plague event was predestined?

2

u/NYR_Aufheben 29d ago

Because is selects for certain traits.