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Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:08:23 +0100 (CET)
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Subject: Re: What Darwin Got Wrong


Next time you see a scientist laughing about Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, refer him to
this: A Lamarckian Evolution Strategy for Genetic Algorithms by Brian Ross, in 
L. Chambers (Ed.), The Practical Handbook of Genetic Algorithms, 1999. The 
abstract http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.44.5913 alone 
serves to argue that natural selection by mating preferences as described by 
Robert Trivers and explained by Richard Dawkins isn't enough to fill the queries
that science "cannot answer".

> Message #32392
> From: David Stodolsky <>
> Subject: Re: What Darwin Got Wrong

> On 15 Feb 2010, at 11:00 AM, CryoNet wrote:
> 
> > Since you posted the last paragraph of Midgley's article, which is
> > full of nonsense, be sure to read the critical comments that follow.
> 
> I don't read comments, unless one is specifically cited.
> 
> 
> > Also Dawkins response to similar claims by her:
> > http://richarddawkins.net/articles/1664#71914
> 
> This doesn't address the argument in the original article. Regardless  
> of what Dawkins himself believes, the "Selfish Gene" concept as been  
> used to support a range of social darwinistic policies.
> 
> 
> dss

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