... I haven't checked but I have a feeling I didn't express myself very well in my earlier post(s). Society has changed since the 16th century but psychology...
... It's been an interesting read Cliff although the depth of knowledge is way beyond me! I began the second reading making notes but quickly realized that...
Cliff, Mathematicians know that statistical fluctuations or genetic drift can only produce evolutionary change under a very limited range of conditions. The...
John, Quote: Applying some of those reasons today (and generalizing): Early inattentiveness and misbehaving within the artificial surroundings of a classroom...
I suspect there exist quite a few misconceptions about the differences between descriptive and predictive scientific theories. I also suspect that there also...
I'm glad I have a tangible scientific theory to play with. Philosophy of science is worthless and boring. Theories about theories--what is that supposed to...
From: "warrenbergerson" <warrenbergerson@...> ... Small mutations can have big effects. I doubt that mathematicians can specify what a given mutation can...
From: "John Latter" <jorolat@...> ... Thanks for reading it. The model is basically simple. It's more a matter of having the courage to adopt it than...
Quote: > I get the impression, the genetic drift was always a `this is a ... All scientific theories ARE explanatory theories. There are no exceptions. But,...
I can see you have not read much about theories and the philosophy of science. That problem plagues biological science. The physicists read much more about...
From: "Davin C. Enigl" <enigl@...> ... Evolutionary theories are claims about the real world. They state that such-and-such happened, and that when ...
... As far as I think there is common ground here - or I understand what you're saying - maybe we're looking at it from two different points of view: In...
John, Quote: I would like to refer to Galileo again: He was put under house arrest for the remainder of his life and I would consider it well within the realms...
Quote: All scientific theories ARE explanatory theories. There are no exceptions. But, not all scientific theories are predictive, nor it is necessary for a...
Quote Cliff: Drift mutations are still mutations--why can't they be evolutionary? If you assume there are new mutant forms entering the population, then the...
Quote: I'm glad I have a tangible scientific theory to play with. Philosophy of science is worthless and boring. Theories about theories--what is that supposed...
From: "warrenbergerson" <warrenbergerson@...> ... Unless it's a simple theory which must be true or false. ... So philosophy of science has no heuristic...
From: "warrenbergerson" <warrenbergerson@...> ... This is an interesting item. Morgan claims the work done in locomotion is the same for terrestrial and...
Cliff Quote: Unless it's a simple theory which must be true or false. Given the limited computing technologies of the pre-computer era, it was convenient to...
What the study says is that with respect to motion, observed variations both within and between species are not random but designed at least with respect to...
... Sometimes human decision making can be too logical and rational - particularly if the 'goal' is money orientated. The reason I say this is because money is...
... Well I did feel you were using parabiosis as an example of an already known mechanism rather than an actual mechanism - just wanted to show I was paying...
Better Living through Evolution The science of novelty and complexity in life forms by Daniel L. Hartl Harvard Magazine Nov-Dec 2005 In The Plausibility of...
From: "John Latter" <jorolat@...> ... I'm giving a theoretical history of my protovertebrate, to show how simply it can form through understandable ...
From: "John Latter" <jorolat@...> ... The ability of organs to adapt when ontogeny is disturbed implies to me that they didn't evolve in place. If organs...
John, Quote: Sometimes human decision making can be too logical and rational - particularly if the 'goal' is money orientated. The reason I say this is because...
... I do feel the following is a big step - is there a "why"?: "The evolution of the vertebrate requires additional steps of parabiotic mutation. The segmented...
The links to articles in some of the earlier posts no longer work. I'll be updating these where possible (and when time permits!) and they'll be prefixed with...
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