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On Fri, 12 Apr 2024 12:41:29 -0400, Ron Dean
<rondean-noreply@gmail.com> wrote:

<snip>
>In the most cases where adaptations and minor evolutionary changes are 
>observed it's not because new information is added to DNA, but rather 
>there is a loss of information.
>
>https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-57694-8
>
>Bad mutations seems to be the rule.

*Most* mutations are harmful, but to disprove evolution you need to
show that *all*  mutations are harmful -- those rare beneficial
mutations can be selected by and amplified through natural selection,
resulting in better-functioning organisms.

> The male sperm count is decreasing 
>with each generation. Each year new and previously unknown genetic 
>diseases are occurring just in humans. With the passing of time, there 
>is little doubt that our DNA, our genetics is become increasingly _less_ 
>perfect. The Homo-sapiens species is believed to have arrived on the 
>scene 200,000 years ago, given the increases in genetic disorders we 
>observe today, it's highly _likely_ that the DNA of our early ancestors 
>were far closer to perfect that any of their decedents. Therefore, from 
>this evidence one can deduce that the proofreading and repair mechanisms 
>themselves are in a declining state with each generation becoming a bit 
>less perfect than the preceding generation. It's possible we saw this in 
>the extinction of Neanderthal species.
>
>Beneficial mutations are rarely observed. The defective mutations are 
>overwhelming the beneficial mutations, as evidenced by the increasing 
>list of genetic disorders. Perhaps, this explains the 99% extinction 
>rate of all life forms that ever lived as observed or recorded in the 
>fossil record, as well as the numbers of the species become extinct 
>today. of course, human involvement accounts for some of this extinction 
>such as passenger pigeons, the dodo bird and the Tasmanian tiger. But to 
>your point the proofreading and repair systems are not perfect. But 
>without deliberate design how did the proofreading and repair systems 
>come about in the first place? 

Obviously, because something that helps something replicate itself
better is going to leave more copies of itself in the gene pool .


>  Of course there is educated, guesses, 
>suppositions, hypothesis and theories, but no one _knows_.

Do you consider your Intelligent Design argument to be an educated
guess, or a supposition?  And is there anything wrong with being a
hypothesis or theory? 
 
>question is where is the man holding hold Occam sword? Has he been 
>barred from entering this room of science?