X-Message-Number: 4595
From:  (David Stodolsky)
Subject: Evolution
Date: Sun, 2 Jul 95 15:47:45 +0200 (CET DST)

In Regards to your letter <>:

> Contrary to Dawkins, I do NOT find the idea liberating, gratifying or 
otherwise

> reassuring that I exist only for some 4-base pairs to keep on making copies of

> themselves. He seemed to find this plenty enough reason to get up inthe 
morning!
> 

This really doesn't hold up. See the my earlier Hill citation. Its better
to consider phenotypes as "interactors", not just "vehicles".

One thing religion has demonstrated is that arbitrary ideas can override
the genes' survival imperative.

dss


David S. Stodolsky      Euromath Center     University of Copenhagen
   Tel.: +45 38 33 03 30   Fax: +45 38 33 88 80 (C)


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