Reflectorites
On Mon, 10 Jan 2000 20:45:43 -0600, Chris Cogan wrote:
[...]
CC>Because of Stephen Jones and many other people like him, I've come to some
>new "conclusions" concerning what I have referred to as his dishonesty.
[...]
As I have said before, it is simply *irrelevant* what Chris thinks of my
moral or mental state.
If Chris has any *arguments* let him make them. And if I reply, let Chris
address my *replies* (if he can).
Steve
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"We must not be led astray, however, by the popular characterization of
selection as "the survival of the fittest." the word "fit" has many everyday
connotations-physically fit, morally fit, and so forth-but none of these is
what the evolutionist means by fitness. All that matters for evolutionary
change is survival and reproduction. In evolutionary terms, an Olympic
athlete who never has any children has a fitness of zero whereas J.S. Bach,
who was sedentary and very much overweight, had an unusually high
Darwinian fitness by virtue of his having been the father of twenty
children." (Lewontin R.C., "Human Diversity", Scientific American
Library: New York NY, 1995, p150).
Stephen E. Jones | sejones@iinet.net.au | http://www.iinet.net.au/~sejones
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