On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 12:41 PM Ian Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > But some of the "reasons" we were given don't stand up to simple modelling. > Like the reason why the human eye couldn't have arisen by blind chance. Or > that natural selection can give rise to sterile worker ants (Darwin spent a > lot of time on these topics: > http://www.gutenberg.org/files/22764/22764-h/22764-h.htm#page171 ).
"Blind chance" quips when talking about eyes are kind of amusing. But, anyways, Darwin's "survival of the fittest" was more about "survival of the fittest groups" than about "survival of the fittest individuals". Individuals don't last as long as groups. -- Raul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
