... not really that good at science (failed science test >.< ) but im learning and studying evolution in my free time when im bored... if populations evolve then does that mean that humans are suddenly gonna pop out 3 eyes or something like that?
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"im learning and studying evolution in my free time when im bored"
Maybe you should study some more, then.
I didn't do particularly well in science either (except for Biology, and I don't remember actually flunking any tests). I'm not particularly good at science, but I find it interesting and I do read science books in my spare time.
So, I'm somewhat sympathetic to LazyAzN. The answer is that you probably ought to keep reading and studying more, because that's not what scientists mean when they say populations evolve. You see, that would be individuals all developing a new trait at the same time, which is closer to individuals evolving (which they don't) than populations evolving. When people say that it's populations that evolve, they mean that it doesn't mean the same individual changes. Evolution is the change in allele frequency, and you can't measure that with a single individual, you need a population.
(I know that was not the world's most spectacular explanation, sorry. Read some more books, study more, go to TalkOrigins,org or something. Because this is a really basic principle and I am not the best at explaining science to other people.)
if populations evolve then does that mean that humans are suddenly gonna pop out 3 eyes or something like that?
Oh yes, just like that; one day you wake up and BAM, you've got a third eye, or even a fourth one. What's worse is; one could actually even lose one or both of one's eyes. In some more severe cases like your's, one can even have their entire brain replaced by bullshit. That is why I hate that damned ebelushun; it's just so goddamn spontaneous.
“... not really that good at science (failed science test >.< )”
“but im learning and studying evolution in my free time when im bored...”
“if populations evolve”
“then does that mean that humans are suddenly gonna pop out 3 eyes or something like that?”
Actually, far more likely is something like men developing a spike in their penis. Not big, not harmful to either party, but right before ejaculation, it pokes a hole in the condom…
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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