Ron Johnson wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to gmane.linux.debian.user:
>> This does not change my point that "there's a disconnect in the thinking >> that the extinction of the less-fit automatically means the survivors >> have seen some sort of improvement". >> >> It's like a population of crayons consisting of red and green crayons, >> and all the green crayons one day get eaten by Homer Simpson, leaving >> only the red crayons. The extinction of the green does not explain the >> origin of the red. It only means the red survived. > > Bad analogy, since crayons can't mutate and aren't affected by hormones. You've never seen cheapo crayons (like Prang crayons) left out on a hot (ie over 70 degrees Fahrenheit) day or in the possession of an adolescent artist then. :o) More seriously, though, it does demonstrate that mass die-offs or survival aren't necessarily the products of genetics, which is what the point to the analogy was. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
