Pardon me, but I couldn't help overhearing (i.e., randomly butting in): Evolution is never visible 'in the moment', evolution is one type of change over time. This whole thing where you think you can see a new organism born and say "see, look at that, THAT is evolution" is crazy talk... no matter how many times Jean-Luc Picard says it (typically after some one-episode character turns into a pulsating energy butterfly).
Eric On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 12:50 PM, "glen e. p. ropella" <[email protected]> wrote: > Victoria Hughes wrote circa 10-03-31 09:29 PM: >> How can you identify in the moment which aberrations will lead to >> evolution, versus which aberrations will lead to atrophy? > >It's not clear to me that there's a difference between "evolution" and >"atrophy". It seems to me that atrophy is just one of the many >processes that constitute evolution. Can you clarify the question? > >-- >glen e. p. ropella, 971-222-9095, http://agent-based-modeling.com > > >============================================================ >FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > Eric Charles Professional Student and Assistant Professor of Psychology Penn State University Altoona, PA 16601
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