>Evolution predicts that the fittest organisms will
>produce the most offspring. What are the fittest organisms? The ones that
>produce the most offspring! That's classic tautology.
This also describes artificial selection, which is undisputably true. A
tautology, even if true, does not mean that the argument is untrue.
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Steven S. Clark, Ph.D . Phone: 608/263-9137
Associate Professor FAX: 608/263-4226
Dept. of Human Oncology and Email: ssclark@facstaff.wisc.edu
UW Comprehensive Cancer Center
CSC K4-432
600 Highland Ave.
Madison, WI 53792
"It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the glory of kings to
search out a matter." Proverbs
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