Unfortunately for human society, the strongest, best, most sensible evolutionary advances in any field are hopelessly pitted against an even more powerful and ruthless force: fashion.
Chris --- wi...@cs.helsinki.fi wrote: > > On 2/3/2009, "howard posner" > <howardpos...@ca.rr.com> wrote: > > > > On Feb 3, 2009, at 12:47 PM, Eugene C. Braig IV > wrote: > > > > > Darwin recognized that individuals don't adapt. > > > > > ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? > > ???????????????? > > Adaptation is a mechanism of population dynamics; > what works will win - > the individuals having more useful features will > survive and produce > more children. The individuals themselves do not > adopt - in the > darvinian sense. Got it? ;-) > > > I think what Darwin recognized is that acquired > adaptations aren't > > passed on genetically, which is a different thing. > > Yes, that really is another thing. > > Arto > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
