From: Randall Randall (randall@randallsquared.com)
Date: Tue Aug 05 2003 - 10:08:38 MDT
On Tuesday, August 5, 2003, at 09:29 AM, BillK wrote:
> On Mon Aug 04, 2003 07:11 pm Lee Corbin demanded:
>>
>> Yeah, what is it about this aspect of evolutionary theory
>> (that evolution tautologically causes the predominance of
>> those who reproduce most) that is so hard for many to
>> internalize? As you and I keep saying, it only takes one.
>
> OK, I think I can have a go at this one.
> Basically, your tautological thesis is simply not true.
> i.e. it is not what happens in the world as we know it.
I read all that (really!) and I don't think it matters,
because, essentially, the universe at large is not the
world as we know it. The current evolutionary space is
incredibly limited in comparison to even our galaxy, and
all the strategy differences are for environments which
are already full of competing organisms.
Those arguments will be great for explaining why not every
solar group sends out colonization groups when the visible
universe is full of life. It doesn't at all provide an
explanation of why a single solar group wouldn't bother to
colonize any of the astronomically greater resources
available and visible to it.
-- Randall Randall <randall@randallsquared.com> "Not only can money buy happiness, it isn't even particularly expensive any more." -- Spike Jones
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