From: Robin Hanson (rhanson@gmu.edu)
Date: Thu Jul 24 2003 - 05:33:36 MDT
At 12:40 PM 7/24/2003 +0930, Emlyn O'regan wrote:
> > >nobody today has 20 kids although ... feasible to do so ...
> >
> > I agree that we don't, and it seems that you agree this is a temporary
> > evolutionary aberration due slow adaptation of DNA coded behavior.
>
>Busting into the middle of other peoples' conversation...
>
>"a temporary evolutionary aberration due slow adaptation of DNA coded
>behavior."
>
>Does anyone really think that our modern (last thousand years or so?)
>behaviours are temporary aberations to which DNA will eventually catch up?
>It seems clear to me that DNA for humans has done its dash. ...
>Belief systems, ideologies, ideas, these are driving our world now I think.
>Not some quirky little quarternary tape machine.
The aberration is temporary because DNA will soon be replaced by other
faster-changing forms of genes, including those you mention.
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