Re: Darwinian evolution vs memetic evolution

From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Sat Feb 10 2001 - 21:36:50 GMT

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    Hi Kenneth Van Oost -

    >I was just trying to point out, if we see apparent Lamarckian qualities in
    >evolution and evolution has no purpose for those qualities, what is the use
    >!?

    Ah, well, so far, we have seen neither hide nor hair of lamarckian
    processes in evolution....

    So, moot.

    - Wade

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