Well, I started reading Darwin, but I got distracted after a few pages (I usually have about half a douzen books I'm reading at the same time and sometimes one slips through 
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Since you are more of an expert, I'll take your word on this newest Dawkins book and give him a second chance once I get around to it.
As for other books, I see Gould's name everywhere, what would be a good place to start with his view on things?
And Furuyma, Maynard Smith and Ruse (most of what I know about them is a bit outdated because I only know them from footnotes), are they any good? Some of their works have... challenging titles.
)Since you are more of an expert, I'll take your word on this newest Dawkins book and give him a second chance once I get around to it.
As for other books, I see Gould's name everywhere, what would be a good place to start with his view on things?
And Furuyma, Maynard Smith and Ruse (most of what I know about them is a bit outdated because I only know them from footnotes), are they any good? Some of their works have... challenging titles.
Natural selection
- 06/08/2011 03:51:26 PM
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selection for suitability
- 06/08/2011 04:18:51 PM
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Thanks for your responce 
- 06/08/2011 04:41:20 PM
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I can't speak for LadyLorraine and won't try, but here's how I see it:
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Just a question
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Yes it can
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But how?
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Re: Just a question
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I'm not sure I understand you
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All tautologies are truisms, but not all truisms are tautologies.
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Then it is still a tautology
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You can know it's beneifical to a particular individual, but it's harder to say for populations.
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Maybe...
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I'm more inclined toward his logic, but possibly toward your conclusions.
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we can't really know ahead of time what makes a specific trait benefical in that environment
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As I understand it
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Better...
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Did you perhaps mean "beneficial in the environment" rather than "beneficial to the environment"?
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yes. I did not really phrase that very clearly. *NM*
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No biggy; from what Bram said, I underestimated how well you were understood anyway.
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Hmmm... there's some truth to that
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The complexity of the problem makes it all but impossible to falsify...
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The questions go deeper
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Re: The questions go deeper
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I think I know why you don't understand my question.
- 06/08/2011 09:38:41 PM
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How many equation's has Moraine screwed up? 
*NM*
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*NM*
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100% I think Moriaine is a very beneficial trait that contributes a lot to the RAFO pool *NM*
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*NM*
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Re: Natural selection
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Thanks a lot
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2 things
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Re: 2 things
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Re: 2 things
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My best guess
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Re: My best guess
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Re: My best guess
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Re: My best guess
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Re: My best guess
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