Recent content by Cal ben

If 1 member of species developes a gene, it'll take about 8-9 generations to spread to 50 descendants that are distant enough to mate without the downsides of inbreeding. But for this to occur, this has to take effect within a larger, more genetically diverse group or the bad effects will...

So to simplify again (sorry for the web of thoughts), it's not the modes of speciation that I don't get. It's the lack of cooperation between time needed for viable genetic changes and the short times of major species changes that are often seen in the fossil record because of the negative...

Right. That's totally the way I understood it, too. But where the math doesn't add up is with the quick changes that are necessary to match up to the fossil record. So, yes, the necessary genes already exist within the species but change has to happen incredibly fast to accomplish speciation...

Please someone help me understand the concept of the actual occurrence of speciation. Cataclysmic Evolution may account for some species but not many, it could only practically apply to asexual species and would undermine genetic diversity. Actually I can save a lot of explanation by clarifying...

I think the question about "fake science"has more to do with this: at what point should this stuff be publicly made known to be a best guess rather than truth. Science is conducted for the benefit of mankind, right? But it sure isn't presented to mankind, in general, in a way that can be...

It's all good, Ralph. If one brain can learn it, so can another (unless you have a learning disability, I guess), so come and learn. Alternative energy is a cool topic, I made a real study out of it for a while. There are so many things out there. Not only emerging tech but also tech that was...

Me too, I'm sure you will. I've read through a number of the threads. Tons of fascinating conversations going on.

Hi, look forward to benefiting from your knowledge

oh well.. Try to pretend to be smart and fit in with the rest of the smarty pants by using big words and this is what you get: exposed as the heathen that you are. Anyway, call me Cal. It would be nice to say I have a bunch of paper-cred but I don't. I was going for a degree triple header...