Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id LAA27218 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 18 Jan 2001 11:04:01 GMT Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 10:24:16 +0000 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: DNA Culture .... Trivia? Message-ID: <20010118102416.B433@reborntechnology.co.uk> References: <20010117212453.AAA22841@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.12i In-Reply-To: <20010117212453.AAA22841@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]>; from wade_smith@harvard.edu on Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 04:26:18PM -0500 From: Robin Faichney <robin@reborntechnology.co.uk> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 04:26:18PM -0500, Wade T.Smith wrote:
> On 01/17/01 14:49, Robin Faichney said this-
>
> >No, you're wrong, biological evolution does not require sex.
>
> I never said it didn't. But mutations are special instances. Sex provides
> a mechanism for rapid evolution, not relegated to mutation alone.
I'm sorry, but: so what? Mutation is required for evolution, and
obviously occurs without sex. To suppose that because sex allows
relatively rapid evolution, r.r. evol. requires sex, is illogical.
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