Dylan wrote:
Bobby D. Bryant wrote:

On Tue, 17 May 2005, "Dylan" wrote:


Bobby D. Bryant wrote:

On Tue, 17 May 2005, wrote:


survival of the fitest is based on chance.

SotF describes a _bias_ to chance.

Explain, Spock.

SotF means that those that are "more fit" are more likely to survive
and reproduce. Chance still plays a role -- even the fittest might
be struck by lightning before breeding -- but chance isn't the *only*
thing that goes into the determination of which creatures reproduce
and which don't.

I.e., SotF _biases_ the chance.

--
Bobby Bryant
Austin, Texas


Do you mean that cave fish that have evolved into blindness are more
fit than their ancestors?

That may very well be the case - the cost of building eyes is not insubstantial.

--
John S. Wilkins, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Biohumanities Project
University of Queensland - Blog: evolvethought.blogspot.com
"Darwin's theory has no more to do with philosophy than any other
hypothesis in natural science." Tractatus 4.1122