On Dec 21, 2007, at 6:31 PM, Ricardo Aráoz wrote:
> But surely Evolution does not only state that there exists genetic
> mutation?
> Once you accept the existence of genetic mutation the rest is just
> Lachesis and Atropos doing their work, no mystery there, those who
> survive are the 'fittest' because we define 'fittest' as 'those who
> survive'.
Again, that's a backwards way of looking at it. Survival has little
to do with it; reproducing is what counts. A mutation that enables a
creature to live 1000 years but renders them sterile will not be an
evolutionary advantage. You have to look at it from the perspective
that organisms are simply a necessary intermediate vehicle that genes
use to try to make more copies of themselves. Read Dawkins' _River
Out of Eden_ (ISBN 0465069908) for an excellent explanation and
depiction of the idea.
-- Ed Leafe
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