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[csbair]

If God exists, may He strike me down while I type this message.

See? Win for me.

[jhuger]

@KremeDeMentia

What are the chances that the Earth would have 7 moons? What are the chances that the length of the year would be an exact multiple of 100 days? What are the chances that the stars would all line up in neat little rows? There are an infinite number of extremely unlikely things that *didn't* happen; it shouldn't be a surprise that a few extremely unlikely things *did* happen.

[dathonscholtz]

@DonExodus2 i guess my questions were too hard for you to answer lol

[dathonscholtz]

@@DonExodus2 if by evolutionary standards and definition that species evolve over time with the help of natural selection would that then mean these "transitional forms" coming from a cold blooded species to a warm blooded species then survive? or are you then believing that the atmosphere was already sufficient for cold blooded species to be able to survive in the enviroment? which means atmospheric conditions similar to the ones we have today.

[dathonscholtz]

@DonExodus2 you say in your channel you have a BS Evolutionary Biology. well im curious since you also say you are an evolutionists. and since this channel is ask you anything i think ill take you up on it. since ive listened to evolutionists all ramble on but they never get to the point. so 1st do you agree that fish and amphibions are cold blooded creatures? 2nd if you say yes where in the evolutionary change do we see physically the transferring of cold blooded to warm blooded and 3rd ...

[cougarcrossing]

What a fascinating topic. I appreciate the contributions of posters such LeoparFrog and pilgrimpater. It's unfortunate that an off a slam at God is the top rated comment rather than something specifically on topic and enlightening.

[cougarcrossing]

@csbair And that is why God is greater than you :)

[kusalaviro]

@pilgrimpater It is due to genetic drift from human DNA to dog DNA. They are becoming human!!!

[LeopardFrogPilboxhat]

Yeah. It's actually hotly debated to what extent these wacky effects should be added to models of evolution.

We know these things exist there's just not enough money to chase them down.

But when you think about it maybe a lot of these genetic diseases have one good effect for most and then sometimes also a bad effect. Or maybe one good effect in an ancestral environment but in modern times it's pathological.

These phenomenon maybe explain why these things persist under natural selection

[pilgrimpater]

@LeopardFrogPilboxhat. Ta for that and i bow to your superior knowledge.

[LeopardFrogPilboxhat]

Well technically that's a similar phenomenon called epistasis(one gene controls the expression of many others) or another phenomenon called pleiotropy(one gene has multiple, sometimes extremely different effects)

I was talking about polygenic traits

[pilgrimpater]

@LeopardFrogPilboxhat Yes i saw a program on BBC about dogs. An experiment in Russia started with wild foxes & by selecting the less aggressive generation afer generation came up with quite docile descendants (this must have happened with wolves as you cannot domesticate a 1st gneration wolf even if born in captivity). Anyhow to cut a long tale short there was an intersting feature that was noticed with these gentler foxes in that the tails had become markedly shorter.