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In response to "Octopus camouflage is almost unbelievable -- (link)" by mara

I'll be mocked for this, but I don't care. I'm going to say it anyway.

Posted by Strongbad (aka Rambler14) Jul 3 '13, 09:41

If this isn't evidence for some form of divine creation, I don't know what is.

Throw it up there with the 5 senses, blood clotting, etc. I refuse to believe that these traits spontaneously mutated into being over time.

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spontaneous mutation is just a small part of it. selection is powerful. -- nm - loosilu Jul 3, 09:51
Natural selection and evolution explain it for me. - Krusty Jul 3, 09:48 3
- and being able to do it *a little* will still give an advantage. -- nm - loosilu Jul 3, 09:51 1
  - This is key. The preceeding characteristic that wasn't quite "there" yet still did something to help survival. -- nm - mara Jul 3, 09:54
- this -- nm - Beaker Jul 3, 09:49
post hoc ergo propter hoc -- nm - charlie Jul 3, 09:48 2
- ich bein ein Springfielder -- nm - Beaker Jul 3, 09:50
- tikki tikki timbo nosa rembo -- nm - Strongbad Jul 3, 09:50
Not mocking, but you can draw exactly the opposite conclusion from the same evidence. - Roger More Jul 3, 09:47 1
- To give us something to endlessly argue and discuss. - Stephen Jul 3, 09:52

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