Many people seem to think that evolution works entirely by 'chance'. But chance is only part of the story. If it were really the only factor, here's how the show 'Pop Idol' would work:
o Pop Idol announces a new contest, and 10,000 random people turn up for audition. All of the entrants completely different. Some have no singing ability whatsoever. Those that do have different styles, voices, personalities and presentations.
o From these, 100 people are selected at random, with no regard to their abilities.
o The 100 are a random subset of the initial 10,000 entrants, and so have no more talent and ability than the general public.
o In the next step a further random sampling reduces the contestants down to 8. No testing or judging is done.
o Finally, a winner is chosen at random. This contestant is crowned the Pop Idol of the Year, and has a record deal with a major company.
Would anyone run a contest this way? Would science support a theory that worked like this?
2007-11-14
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