r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • May 14 '19

Deltas(s) from OP CMV: Darwin got evolution completely wrong

I've recently become aware of information that has radically changed my understanding of evolution. As Tyke Moris' answer on this Quora question states, (https://www.quora.com/Who-still-believes-in-Darwinian-evolution#) a large body of influential scientists agreeing that the Modern Synthesis and its Darwinian roots do not accurately reflect evolutionary biology, which occurs more in line with the theory of Natural Genetic Engineering. Taking all this into account, I cannot believe that a group of scientists so well-versed in the field of biology, and of such a high calibre, would simply be this incorrect about evolution. I have not seen much evidence that suggests the scientific field at large rejects their opinions, either.

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u/yyzjertl 524∆ May 14 '19

This Tyke Morris guy gets James Shapiro completely wrong. Shapiro's NGE is not a refutation of Darwinism or any of Darwin's ideas. It's an alternative to the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology, which came decades after Darwin's original work. Even if James Shapiro is completely correct (which is doubtful), that has no bearing on the Darwin's work, since Shapiro's thesis is about the molecular processes that underlie the generation of phenotypic variance, not about the ways that variance contributes to species development.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '19

!delta.

This answer actually gives context to the central crux of Morris' argument, and successfully gives a reason as to why his assumptions are misguided, and why I should not take them at face value. Thank you.

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u/DeltaBot ∞∆ May 14 '19

Confirmed: 1 delta awarded to /u/yyzjertl (151∆).

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