Re: Darwinian evolution vs memetic evolution

From: Scott Chase (ecphoric@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Feb 09 2001 - 23:33:18 GMT

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From: "Scott Chase" <ecphoric@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Darwinian evolution vs memetic evolution
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 18:33:18 -0500
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    >From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu>
    >Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    >To: "memetics list" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
    >Subject: Re: Darwinian evolution vs memetic evolution
    >Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 21:14:49 -0500
    >
    >Hi Scott Chase -
    >
    > >Chopping tails off rodents is quite convincing, enough to extend across
    >the
    > >whole of nature.
    >
    >But no offspring will have shortened tails....
    >
    Yes, but is this mutilation convincing evidence against (neo)-Lamarckian
    phenomena which in itself is extendable to cover *all* of nature? We know, I
    suppse, that tail chopping in rodents doesn't have noticeable heritable
    effects on progeny.
    >
    >Although rodents with shorter tails may be less annoyed by tail-choppers,
    >and thus have more potential survivability....
    >
    >I remain unconvinced of any lamarckian processes in nature.
    >
    >
    I too remain unconvinced that Lamarckish phenomena exist in nature, but try
    to be open minded, whwn possible. There's a difference between being
    unconvinced and being dogmatically unconvincable.

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