Re: mutations
To post #19: Okay. I don’t know what most of what you said means.
To post #20: You didn’t explicitly say mutations aren’t acquired characteristics, but when cdg said “hmm I think both. Some mutations positive and are passed on from generation to generation and others don’t go past the first generation.”, to which you responded, “acquired characteristics during a person’s life time are not passed on.”, it seemed like you took mutation and acquired characteristic to be the same thing.
As far as your definition based argument, you chose to define characteristic. But I think you’ll agree when talking about evolution, Darwinism or Lamarckism, an acquired characteristic is referred to as one that is developed through life. **Getting big biceps for instance from weight training, for example. **
In both definitions you chose to define characteristc or character. And well ofcourse a change resultic from a mutation is a characteristic but it certainly isn’t an “Acquired” one.
and LOL I totally knew you were gonna try argue the technicality between characteristic and acquired characteristic and I was thinking I make it clear but I thought nah lets see how this plays out.
Getting big biceps from weight training is just that. Weight training does not cause genetic mutation. Someone’s genetic potential for muscle size won’t change because he trains with weights.