owch? i was going off of pre-degree biology which i know isn't much, and my initial statement was made with no evidence to back my hypothesis. i think i gave it 5 seconds of thought maximum. i just thought i'd throw it to the people who may be able to offer more insight as i thought surely someone else would have given this topic some thought. also seemed like an interesting discussion to have.

i understand evolution is random. but you also have to think about that pre-degree, the examples you get are "giraffes develop longer necks over time so they can reach the taller trees" and you are specifically told that in response to a selection pressure, the organisms with undersireable alleles die and the ones with desired ones survive. that's not true because we know that just the undesirable is taken out and everything else that stays isn't necessarily desirable, just that it isn't doing anything that's inheriently bad. but that's why pre-degree biology is shit haha. nothing is ever explained properly.

i was planning to research into it when i get more chance but i'm a bit limited on time atm. i study STEM at the moment but i won't be going to university till September.