Genetic entropy...
scordova writes at uncommondescent about genetic entropy, the idea that genomes are degrading:
For example, a fundamental consequence of Sanford’s Genetic Entropy thesis is that there will be an unabated rise in Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) per generation per individual. If confirmed, this data will be more nails in Darwin’s coffin, and then Darwin Day might have to be renamed Darwin Bashing Day...It would seem that scordova claims that ID predicts that there will be an increase in SNPs (single bases in DNA are changed) between generations and that this is bad for evolution. Why this would be bad news for evolution, I don't know. After all, if there weren't any mutations, evolution would be quite difficult. Rather than being a nail in the coffin, it would be a confirmation of something that evolution requires. Or maybe I have misunderstood what the heck scordova is on about...
posted by Hawks @ 5:35 PM
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Yes, you do misunderstand what the heck cordova is talking about. Perhaps you should read the Genetic Entropy book that this quote is in reference to.
I don't know about you but I don't see the gradual inexorable scrambling of a genome into a bunch of random nonsense to be good for the evolution or even existence of a species.
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