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On 8 Aug 2001, at 9:20, Robin Faichney wrote:
> As Dawkins points out in The Selfish Gene, survival of the fittest is
> just a special case of the more general principle of survival of the
> stable. The more general principle applies, of course, to non-living
> as well as living entities. Smolin's ideas are fascinating, but
> whether they're valid or not, the relationship between evolution and
> non-living matter is very simple: that which is stable, survives.
>
> Of course, if we define "fittest" and "stable" in terms of
> survivability, then these definitions are circular. So this is at
> least as much about concepts, as what's "out there". But I think
> these concepts are useful -- not least in helping us understand the
> relationship between evolution and non-living matter.
>
> --
> "The distinction between mind and matter is in the mind, not in
> matter." Robin Faichney -- Inside Information -- http://www.ii01.org/
>
Thue distinction between mind and matter is in configuration, not in
composition.
>
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