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To: TigerPaw who wrote (1449)	6/21/2006 2:35:10 PM
From: LLCF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

<The mutation comes before the selection.> We know that. <As I pointed out before, the sucessful variation must be already present in a lifeform at the time it is needed.> I know you pointed that out several times... I've had no comment as IMHO there is no way of knowing (yet), except through theory, if this is a one way (as you seem to be saying) or two way street. In fact, we may be one word apart on opinion here "the successful variation must already be present"... ie. leave out "the" or put in something like "potential for the" :) <If you think about that you will realize that there is no way to know what selection will follow at the time the mutation first appears.> Not if it's random... nor is there any way to know (yet) if 'selectors' can cause or create conditions which facilitate change/cause (mutations?) in the selectees that last into the next generation... although in bacteria I linked in points in that direction. <I understand that this disappointing to some> It's not disappointing at all... if true or untrue, disappointment only comes from a positionality one has invested in... as of now it's unproven... it's theory. DAK