it's irrelevent (or disingenuous, given your knowledge of evolution) to ask what isn't stepwise. Any motion can be broken into theoretical steps. The stepping in evolution is "ratcheted", where "good" changes are incorporated and bad ones are ignored. Don't think about progression of individuals; think of progression of the shared gene pool.

An example of this type of progression would occur when you only accept offers for superior jobs. It doesn't matter what stream of jobs are offered, you either stay put or move towards that VP position. The "other" type of progression is represented by the case where you will accept any job offer at all: as you randomly jump from job to job, you are likely to end up doing the most common sort of job, like flipping burgers, and it is this kind of degenerating randomness which creationists pretend is in effect when they argue about the extraordinary unlikelihood of proteins forming.

*Does not bang head on computer*

Just noticed this question to me from TACKY-

No, sir, I am not TheOwner.

lol

Nice.

Descritizing time is not fundamental to quantum theories.

In quantum theories without gravity, time is continuous. In string theory, time is continuous. In loop quantum gravity there is an area operator which can, in restricted scenarios, take on discrete values. But, there is never anything fundamental about the discreteness of the spectrum.

I know this is way off subject, but can you explain to me in short about string theory. Nova bores me.