You try and deny Darwinism now...

[alva]

A new generation completely equiped to cyber is starting to populate the earth as we speak.
You've got to hand it to mother nature, she always comes true with some kind of a solution...

http://www.local6.com/news/9290536/detail.html

[Skanky Burns]

Poor parents.

[Tattila the Hun]

Why are they planning to remove it? I think they should train it, using the same methods they use for accident victims, who need to learn how to walk again and such. It's a gift, dammit! 10-digit typing and mouse use at the same time...

[OzzyKP]

He's a mutant! And they want to cure him!

Where is Magneto when you need him?

[The diplomat]

According to the article, the two left arms are not fully functional, the baby only has one kidney and may have spine problems too. So, in the natural world, the baby would probably not survive long enough to pass this trait on to its progeny, if this something that could be passed on genetically. So, this example is an evolutionary dead end.

So, darwinism "produced" a deformed child which survival of the fittest would eliminate. Remind me again what is so great about darwinism?

[Kontiki]

When was Darwinism held up to be "great"?

Although good work on the sense of humor amputation. Seems like you got all of it.

[Lul Thyme]

Originally posted by The diplomat
According to the article, the two left arms are not fully functional, the baby only has one kidney and may have spine problems too. So, in the natural world, the baby would probably not survive long enough to pass this trait on to its progeny, if this something that could be passed on genetically. So, this example is an evolutionary dead end.

So, darwinism "produced" a deformed child which survival of the fittest would eliminate. Remind me again what is so great about darwinism?

Darwinism is as great as gravity.
It's the way things work.

[loinburger]

Originally posted by The diplomat
So, God "produced" a deformed child which survival of the fittest would eliminate. Remind me again what is so great about God?

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[The diplomat]

Originally posted by loinburger

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That is not what I said!

[loinburger]

Your critique of darwinism is just as valid when used as a critique of God. I'd argue that it's even more valid when used as a critique of God, considering that nobody worships darwinism, nor is anybody claiming that darwinism is capable of conscious/moral thought/action.

[duke o' york]

Originally posted by The diplomat

That is not what God said!

Fixed

[Whaleboy]

Originally posted by loinburger
Your critique of darwinism is just as valid when used as a critique of God. I'd argue that it's even more valid when used as a critique of God, considering that nobody worships darwinism, nor is anybody claiming that darwinism is capable of conscious/moral thought/action.

The theory of evolution is not prescriptive; it describes life and the natural world but I fail to see how whether or not it's "[morally] great" has anything to do with its validity?

Furthermore, "Darwinism" didn't create this child, it merely demonstrates that it would be less likely to pass on its genes. There are genetic abnormalities all the time; that is a degree of randomness that cannot be attributed to the theory of evolution. Evolution is a logical, deterministic concept, contrary to creationist strawmen, comparatively little of the theory relies upon random chance.

[Odin]

Diplo making himself look like a moron again.

Saltationism has been dead for over 60 years, very few massive mutations are viable, most viable mutations are small.

[Geronimo]

Originally posted by Odin
Diplo making himself look like a moron again.

Saltationism has been dead for over 60 years, very few massive mutations are viable, most viable mutations are small.

My bet would be that it's of idiopathic but non genetic etiology like conjoined twinning.

But in the unlikely event it has a genetic basis it is probably a gross chromosomal translocation or other chromosomal abnormality of some kind rather than a classic mutation.

[DaShi]

Everyone knows that the next stage of human development is to transcend our bodies. Most likely by downloading ourselves onto the internet or the like.