Dear EricS,
It occurred to me that you, of all people, might have something to say about the question of how natural selection came about. I assume it was "scaffolded" by some physical process or constraint in a manner analogous to the "scaffolding" of life by white smokers at the bottom of the sea. Most accounts of evolution I have encountered start with the assumption of sufficient modularity for selection to go forward. But given all the inevitable trait-entanglements in the developmental process, this assumption seems wildly gratuitous to me. Any thoughts you might share with me (us) would be great appreciated. I attach a decade-old outline of an essay I never wrote (because I wasn't really comptent to do so) to explain the problem Hope you are well and getting vaccinated soon. Nick Nick Thompson thompnicks...@gmail.com <mailto:thompnicks...@gmail.com> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
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