[MD] MOQ and the Future: An Inquiry into Usefulness

[plattholden at gmail.com]

On 5 Nov 2009 at 16:16, craigerb at comcast.net wrote:

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> [Platt] 
> > Why does hereditary work to insure survival? 
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> Suppose there's an organism with 2 predators: one POWERFUL but slow, 
>  the other FAST & weak.  Suppose further there are 4 combinations of genes: 
> 1) fight POWERFUL & fight FAST 
> 2) fight POWERFUL & flee FAST 
> 
> 3) flee POWERFUL & fight FAST 
> 
> 4) flee POWERFUL & flee FAST 
> Those with gene 1) or 2) fall prey to P.  Those with gene 2) or 4) fall prey to F. 
> 
> The only survivor is the one with gene 3), that outruns the POWERFUL & fights off the WEAK. 
> 
> It's offspring inherit gene 3) which "works to insure survival". 
> Craig 

Yes, Craig. I think I get it. But still the question remains, Why do genes 
work to insure survival? Or, to put it another way, "What caused 
evolution?" 

Platt