Jill Turner (Mohawk Trail RHS) (jiturner at k12.ucs.umass.edu) wrote:
> I would like to know if anyone out there has encountered any
>unorthodox theories of evolution. This could be anywhere from the ideas
>of Rudolplh Shledrake to Lamarkck. I somehow am unable to believe that
>such an elaborate process that came up with such complex forms as ourselves
>happened purely by random genetic mutation. Does any one else think
>this?
I've thought about this issue since I was an undergrad, in passing, and
a random mutation model does not explain how function evolves to my
satisfaction. I think the evolution of new function is something that
is not known. However, the process of natural selection (how
function is selected) I think is fairly well-understood.
I need to check out the URLs one of the posters here posted which I
believe mentioned Periannan Senapathy. I believe he proposes some
sort of a directed evolution.
--Ram
me at ram.org || http://www.ram.org || http://www.twisted-helices.com/th
"Religion is the opiate of the masses." ---Karl Marx
"Sex is the opiate of the masses." ---Ram Samudrala
"Television is the opiate of the masses." ---Gerry Goldstein
"Say no to drugs." ---Nancy Reagan
