>>28201303i'll take it slowly for you.
>That's not evolution as whole for the species. That's just a mutation in one individual. If it doesn't help, it won't be passed down to its kin.Evolution means it absolutely needs to make sense.
your initial remark is incorrect. evolution is a change that occurs in a species(typically approaching a higher level of complexity). another anon corrected you:
>If an animal has a beneficial mutation that it passes down, it will also pass down the non-beneficial ones, biology doesn't pick and choose which works and which doesn't.you bring up natural selection:
>What is natural selectioni answered:
>a random factor on what is and isnt beneficial at the given time with whatever baggage following that genetic shiftyou didn't seem to understand and went into whether biology "picks" things and somehow tried relating that to the definition of evolution. specifically, your remark that evolution always has a purpose is completely wrong. evolution is, as i said before, the general shift. obviously natural selection plays a massive role in evolution, but evolution itself depends on traits being passed on. in areas of low competition, for instance, youll find frequent examples of non-beneficial genetic shifts.
im not sure if youre the one who said that non-beneficial changes dont accompany beneficial ones and i can forgive most anons here for not knowing this, but beneficial evolution usually DOES come with seemingly unrelated aesthetic changes, specifically relating to temperament.
>biology isn't a person if that's what you think anyone else thinks here you mouthbreather.not sure what this was about. maybe this is just a troll. if so w/e.
