[MD] Quick one: causation

[Ian Glendinning]

He he.
Not sure how many levels of irony there were in that remark Mel, but
let's not forget that the value accrues to the genotypes, memotypes
and extended phenotypes etc ... not just the biological individuals.

Being a "martyr" is a very powerful mythology to pass on to your
successors as I'm sure you knew ;-)

But Platt, dynamic indeterninacy is a big improvement on the "oops"
meme. Hoorah.
Ian

On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 4:48 PM, X Acto <xacto at rocketmail.com> wrote:
> Thats right Platt, survival of the survivors, those that survive are "best".
>  question: who is more moral the individual who dies for their intellectual ideals
> or the coward who hides and survives?
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>> > > [Platt]
>> > > "Ooops" means evolutionary changes occur without purpose. "Dynamic
>> > > indeterminacy" means evolutionary changes occur in response to
>> > > something better, i.e., towards the "fittest."
>> > >
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