re: #580 Salamantis

No it isn’t. It is to be expected that different organisms, when confronted by environments containing similar challenges and opportunities, would have similar mutations selected.

Cephalopods and humans are in completely different environments with very different challenges and opportunities. The probability for random mutations and natural selection to produce such similar structures in such disparate groups is astounding. Polyphyletic evolution would be more favorable here, but if you don’t like those odds, the idea that a Creator used similar concepts for these two groups is another possibility, but only if you are open to the idea of a Creator. If the idea of a Creator is nauseating, then you are stuck with saying, “well, I don’t know how it happened, and I can’t explain or demonstrate the process, but it has to be that Darwin was right and natural selection did it!” This is more reminiscient of the faith that creationists are criticized for rather than the objective perspective expected of scientific inquiry.