Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id SAA05532 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Sat, 10 Feb 2001 18:44:15 GMT Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 18:41:57 +0000 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <20010210184157.B596@reborntechnology.co.uk> References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10102092021590.6095-100000@sushrut.sgpgi.ac.in> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.12i In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10102092021590.6095-100000@sushrut.sgpgi.ac.in>; from able@sgpgi.ac.in on Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 08:30:47PM +0530 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 08:30:47PM +0530, Dr Able Lawrence wrote:
>
> Generally we take the presence and absence of intention as the
> touchstone to distinguish between Lamarckian and Darwinian evolution (I
> have intentionally used Lamarckian evolution although we usually use it
> only with Darwinian evolution)
Speak for yourself. Intention was important to Lamarck, but modern
usage requires only "inheritance of acquired characteristics".
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