Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id OAA00469 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Fri, 9 Feb 2001 14:38:44 GMT Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 14:20:33 +0000 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Darwinian evolution vs memetic evolution Message-ID: <20010209142033.B1677@reborntechnology.co.uk> References: <20010209133238.AAA11665@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: <20010209133238.AAA11665@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]>; from wade_smith@harvard.edu on Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 08:33:39AM -0500 From: Robin Faichney <robin@reborntechnology.co.uk> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 08:33:39AM -0500, Wade T.Smith wrote:
> On 02/08/01 23:26, Bill Spight said this-
>
> >Lamarckian evolution has two distinguishing characteristics: 1)
> >inheritance of adaptations (not just selection); 2) intentional
> >adaptation (which is then inherited). We are focusing on different
> >aspects. For me, 1) is sufficient to make evolution Lamarckian; for you
> >2) is necessary. A question of terminology, no?
>
> I don't think so. For condition 1 to happen, lamarckianism is hardly
> necessary. That is a function of life in general- that genes get passed
> on.
He didn't say "genes", he said "adaptations", presumably meaning
acquired ones.
> Lamarckianism is, only and completely, concerned with your number 2-
> intentional adaptation, because that, and that alone, is the lamarckian
> mechanism.
Nope. Lamarckism is the inheritance of acquired characteristics.
Intention is irrelevant.
> And it's bogus.
That I agree with. (But you knew that.)
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