Does evolution "attempt", "try", "sacrifice" or "hope"? That's not my understanding of evolution. On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 3:51 PM, Henry Baker <hbaker1@pipeline.com> wrote:
Good question, however, I'm focusing on the game of evolution itself, not on the strategies of individuals of the species.
So the real question is whether evolution attempts to protect a particular niche, versus attacking new niches. Many evolutionary biologists would claim that evolution tries to attack new niches with some significant effort, hence the willingness of evolution to sacrifice many failed experiments in genetic mixing in the hope of finding some new successful combinations.
At 12:40 PM 8/15/2014, Dan Asimov wrote:
What about rabbits, pill bugs, turtles, porcupines, squirrels?
--Dan
On Aug 15, 2014, at 6:44 AM, Henry Baker <hbaker1@pipeline.com> wrote:
Some evolutionary biologists have claimed that Darwinian evolution optimizes by using an almost purely offensive strategy.
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