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Remember that every alleged evolutionary event begins with a mutation to an individual's DNA.
Mutation/mistakes do not usually occur in response to environmental conditions. Environmental conditions (also known as Natural Selection) act on the population after the mutation/mistake.
Mutations are a mistake during replication. They are random in that neither the location or extent of the mutation is predictable. While MacroE theorizes that Natural selection weeds out the "good" mistakes from the "bad" mistakes, the mistakes themselves are still random. And Natural Selection acts on a population only AFTER a mutation has occurred.
Mutations may be induced with radiation but the results of these mutations are random and unpredictable. Thousands of generations experimenting with Drysophila have verified that environmental conditions (in this case radiation) may induce mutations but can't be used to induce specific mutations or steer mutations in any direction. All mutated Drysophila are impaired in their function and no mutated Drysophila has ever been anything but a fruit fly.
Mutations are random in nature. You can't predict in advance when one will occur, at what node the mutation will occur and whether or not the mutation will be beneficial to the organism. If you can't predict the node, you don't know which chromosome will be affected and you can't predict what allele will be affected. And you can't predict whether or not the mutation/mistake will be beneficial.
There are a few, very few exceptions to this, with certain recurring mutations at specifc nodes Every one of these I know of causes severe im[pairment or death and I know of none that have ever been beneficial to the individual. According to MacroE theory, a mutation/mistake that is survival negative should eventually be eliminated by NS.
The forces which drive evolution are also unfocused. An example of the difference between focused and unfocused forces:
1. It requires focused energy to build a house. You deliver block to the site and then a mason lays the block. The mortar is mixed by a helper. The mason uses a string line for horizontal level and a plumbob for vertical level. After setting the block, the helper nust spray the wall to insure proper mortar strength. All of these human efforts represent focused energy. You start with a pile of blocks and wind up with a wall. The pile of blocks does zero for society but the wall becomes useful.
2. Unfocused energy would be to offload a pallet of block and then do nothing. Over time the sun would shine on the pile and the wind would blow on it. Given enough time, the unfocused forces acting on this pile of block would more than equal the amount of focused energy expended by the mason and helper. But you would still only have a pile of blocks. No wall. No useful work is done by unfocused forces.
Mutation/mistakes are random and unfocused. Mutation/mistakes may be beneficial, harmful or survival neutral. There is no predictable direction from any one mutation/mistake. Natural Selection is somewhat focused in that it may act to improve a species chances for survival. Natural Selection is capable of directing unfocused energy to perform a useful function. This has been demonstrated conclusively in MicroE but is only a theory for MacroE. But natural selection does not cause a mutation/mistake. NS enters the picture only after the mutation/mistake has established itself into the population. NS is the final test of whether or not the mutation/mistake
is benefical or harmful to the individual.
The forces that create a mutation are 99%+++ unfocused and random. And even when a mutation/mistake is caused by the environment, the result may be harmful, beneficial or neutral. No direction comes from the mutation/mistake. The only direction comes after the mutation/mistake and that is caused by NS.
