Imagine you’re holding a handful of dice. There is a table in front of you. You are asked to place all the dice with the number 6 facing up on the table. I can think of 3 different ways to do this.
A. I will set the dice one by one on the table with 6 facing up with my hand.
B. Let’s assume that I’m incredibly lucky. I will toss all the dice on the table at once. And fortuitously, all of them are 6.
C. I will toss all the dice on the table. I will pick up the dice except for the ones which are already 6, and toss them again. Again, I will pick the dice which aren’t 6 and toss them. I will repeat this procedure until all the dice have 6 facing up.
If you ask someone who thinks evolution doesn’t exist ‘’How did creatures reach their current forms?’’ he/she will answer with A.
If you ask the same person ‘’What do you think evolution is?’’ he/she will answer with B.
In fact, evolution, which has been ongoing for millions of years suggests the answer C and what it requires is time more than luck.
Hi,
Great analogy
Suggest you edit your author profile, you have a then/than mix up.
Should read “…more than 20 years.”
Many many thanks Joe 🙂 I fixed it.
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Sweet and simple, just how I like it.
Thanks buddy.
Yahtzee!
srsly, though; good simplification of the weasel program.
That is a really amazing example which you have shared over here. It clearly conveys the thoughts that you wanted to convey. According to me I do believe that evolution is like the point C. Changing continuously and upgrading until you reach the best level.