Sure, just a minute

I’m grabbing citations

You don’t need citations

Just talk to me like a normal person

I agreed with everything you said earlier, you didn’t need any of those citations

Wait wait wait, no citations?

If I challenge something then go ahead and provide a citation

This is going to be easier then I though

You don’t need to back up information that we both agree is true

So let’s hear it

@Sophie Selective pressure does weed out less fit creatures, although the animals it doesn’t weed out would have to have super power genetics every single time in order to reach the place we are today

K.

So selective pressure makes sure that detrimentally disadvantageous mutations are removed from the gene pool

Well, the gene pool is a whole different thing

Howso?

Because the gene pool would need instructions to begin with

...what?

I have no idea what that’s supposed to mean

The gene pool is just all the genes that exist within a breeding population

Ah, ok. We were thinking of different things.

We’re assuming the genes already have the basic instructions of survival?

Right?

No?

(Which is already a big assumption)

Only genes that survive

It’s not an assumption, it’s necessarily the case

You are alive, therefore your genes have the instructions for survival

Whatever that means

Well then, how would selective pressure work if cells don’t even know they have to survive?

How?

Because if they don’t survive then they die

What?

Why do they care?

They don’t

Exactly

Exactly what?

Cells aren’t generally self aware

We can debate whether your neurons are, but that’s a whole different discussion

So a cell has essentially programming

Just things it does and reactions to stimuli

They don’t even know that they have to survive. If you were to shoot an artificial machine, would it try to dodge the missile without being programmed to?