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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Heroic Game Launcher... BRAVO!
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2024 08:05:25 -0400
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rbowman wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> On Thu, 27 Jun 2024 01:17:42 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
>
>> On 2024-06-26, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 26 Jun 2024 14:23:39 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>>>
>>>> You do know that the fossil record, field observations, and
>>>> experiments (e.g.
>>>> with fruit flies), tend to bear out evolution, the changes in
>>>> morphology and species due to alterations in the genetic code due to
>>>> various factors (mutation, genetic drift, genetic recombination,
>>>> natural selection, and unnatural selection [i.e. human selection].
>>>
>>> Enter microevolution. "Well, we can't deny the damn drosophila are
>>> changing, but that's different!"
>> 
>> When they change into something that isn't a fruit fly, get back to me.
>
> Unfortunately I don't have a billion years to observe the progress.

You don't have to wait that long. Fruit fries evolve pretty rapidly if you
change their environment.

As for them changing into something that isn't a fruit fly.... that's a canard.
It does not need to happen in order to "prove" evolution.

   https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/rapid-adaptation-fruit-flies

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