Re: Long term genome (was Re:Is crypreservation a solution?)

Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
19 Sep 1997 12:37:01 +0200


Joao Pedro <jpnitya@mail.esoterica.pt> writes:

> Prof. Jose Gomes Filho replied:
> > the possibility of using glasses is a consequence of evolution "acting"
> > through humans... or not ???). This way, evolution * found a way * to seeing
> > better...
>
> Evolution? Are you trying to say that all human accomplishments are also
> a result of evolution?

If you count memetic evolution, then the statement is more likely.
Although new memes can appear in a non-evolutionary way (unless we
buy the idea that ideas emerge in our minds from an evolutionary
process where mental patterns compete).

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