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dictionary definitions of orthogenesis

John Grehan jrg13 at PSU.EDU
Sun Aug 22 21:07:38 CDT 1999


The dictionary definitions supplied by Don McAllister all appear to
indicate the influence of
popular evolutionary texts by Darwinian evolutionists.

>
>I can see circumstances where selection would result in evolution in one
>direction.

The idea of evolution in one direction is not the "essence" of orthogenesis. The
idea that orthogensis was restricted to a "linear" evolution was promoted by
Darwinians and then denounced because evolution involved divergence.

John Grehan






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