Instigator / Pro
16
1363
rating
13
debates
3.85%
won
Topic
#2490

The theory of Darwinian evolution by natural selection is not the best description of reality

Status
Finished

The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
0
21
Better sources
6
14
Better legibility
5
7
Better conduct
5
2

After 7 votes and with 28 points ahead, the winner is...

JRob
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Standard
Number of rounds
4
Time for argument
One day
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10,000
Voting period
One month
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Voting system
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Contender / Con
44
1523
rating
2
debates
100.0%
won
Description

A theory which, different from natural selection, Instead says that major evolutionary steps occur from DNA rearrangements which are carried out by cellular genetic engineering systems that are operating non-randomly.

This is not an intelligent design debate. If you wanted to go a step further of "how", Then I'd take the intelligent design route citing a few areas of cellular biology. However, that would be a different debate.

For this debate I'm simply taking the view of that evolution has been driven by cellular systems of natural, Non-random genetic engineering is a better theory than the defined natural selection.

One comparison between the two can be seen in the idea of mutations. Natural selection says the random mutations which are most favorable are passed on. The opposing theory would instead say that most mutations are not random. They result from the mis-pairing during DNA replication and the need to preserve a protein's function given a non-random read-write process.

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Reason:

Concession.

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Reason:

Concession.

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Reason:

Concession

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Reason:

Concession.

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Reason:

Pro conceded on account of con being "a beast." Nice job!

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Reason:

concession

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Reason:

Concession