Cesar Deicide

Jake:

Oh and as an aside there is documentation apart from microbes of insanely fast evolution. Moths during industrial revolution when trees turned black due to pollution made white moths targets. Selection pressure caused very rapid response and produced black moths. There are others as well.

You’re right. I forgot about the British moths.…[Read more]

Jake:

In both instances when pondering Lamarck and Darwin change or evolution is dependent on individuals.

The genetic mutations that produce Evolution does originate in individual organisms. But there has to be a large enough population of individuals with the same mutation to have a breeding population. And if the mutation assists survival…[Read more]

Enco, agency, free will and similar notions are not part of Lama. It is as i indicated inheritability of acquired characteristics. In both instances when pondering Lamarck and Darwin change or evolution is dependent on individuals.

I think you misread the giraffe example. There is no disputing that forbears of modern giraffes had shorter necks.…[Read more]

@simonpaynton – cooperative breeding is also evolving 🙂

Jake:

A big difference between Lamarckianism and Darwinianism is that Lamarck’s Theory focuses on agency of individual organisms, whereas Darwinianism focused on developed biological adaptations of whole species.

Another shortcoming of Lamarack is that a giraffe with a longer neck would have to grow added hide and hair, added muscle, added…[Read more]

This seems like a good site for Evolution topics.

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Humans are born as socially bootable apes

This level of infant care would have required a bit of social interaction, since it would have been difficult for new mothers to be the only one caring for and protecting a newborn from large predators and other dangers.

This ties in with what we already know about Homo…[Read more]

Enco,

Aint read about Gregor and his pissy peas for as long as i care to rememmber these. My impression though is of a monk who learned through observation the rules of pea reproduction and their traits. Dominant and recessive. Fixed rules. Determinism. Utilized it to produce artificial selection.

If survival of the fittest is the popular 1…[Read more]

Jake:

The article concerning Lamarck makes sense. Darwin and Lamarck are kissing cousins. I suspect some of the most shocking adaptations are a result of the latter.

If environmental conditions interact with the RNA and DNA to produce adaptations (as was the case with C. elegans worm,) then this is actually Mendelian Genetics, not Lamarckianism.…[Read more]

Cheers Reg!

…and sharks have been around 50 million years longer than trees…….

The article concerning Lamarck makes sense. Darwin and Lamarck are kissing cousins. I suspect some of the most shocking adaptations are a result of the latter.

Here is one of the oldest organisms on earth that i recently ‘discovered’ and its origins and evolution would make good reading.

I recalled Pat Condell today when I was watching the first video.

Jake:

The videos you previously posted of Eniat Wilf showed she knows her stuff. I’ll have to watch more.

I forgot about Pat Condell. I haven’t seen videos from him since the beginning of The Age of MAGA. I was surprised to learn he’s still around. He seems able to hold his own but hasn’t produced content on a regular basis for a while. His…[Read more]

Reg:

World of Woo: Wellness grifter kills young woman in his Batshit lifestyle center.

Sad and disgusting. The very name “Bereshit Lifestyle Center” should have been a tip-off. Is it located in the woods?

If so, it could answer two questions, one question with another:

One, Is pseudoscience harmful?

And the answer, Two, Is Bereshit in the…[Read more]

Enco there are a great many capable advocates worthy of Israel’s hypothetical Department of Counter Propaganda.

Einat Wilf springs to mind. Started a lefty. Thought it was about land and eager to make a deal with Palestinians for two states. Educated at Harvard and i think Cambridge and a true academic. Has researched the bejesus out of Unwra and…[Read more]

Just a follow up on the AI reasoning and the human evaluation of truth story above.

Religion is our oldest large-scale example of hallucinating a ‘theological Polyfilla” into the gaps of our knowledge. As investigation expands, the gaps contract and less filler is required. Yet believers often treat the retreat as evidence of refinement rat…[Read more]

Have a great week !!

Jake:

You have picked some good advocates for Israel. Oran Cahanovitc of TravellingIsrael.com is very thought-provoking and knows his history well. Gad Saad is Gad Damn Good on Israel and other subjects as well.

Israeli Doctors and Scientists would be great to point out scientific discoveries and developments from Israel, as well as an…[Read more]

Enco,

Nothing new. Ideologues who can critique other side but are blind to their own stupidity.

Israel has plenty of rational nonideological defenders. Logical and intelligent folks. But it is a losing battle. Israel needs a department of counter propaganda. That department would be well served to produce content that dismantles the Palestinian…[Read more]