RE: Top misconceptions of Theory of Evolution you had to deal with
March 7, 2016 at 5:28 am
(This post was last modified: March 7, 2016 at 5:33 am by The Grand Nudger.)
The "naturalness" of a behavior is irrelevant with regards to whether or not the behavior works. If you don;t teach your kids something, if they don't learn it, obviously natural selection can't act on it...but since we're only discussing those things that they have been taught, that they did learn, of what relevance is an abandoned duckling?
Lets say you taught your kids how to build a fire. In a world where your kids are the only kids with the knowledge to start a fire, would it surprise you to find your genes all over the place after a few generations? Would you think it had something to do with your genes, rather than the fire, and the learned behavior of firestarting, if you did find them all over the place?
Successful learned behaviors help to perpetuate -whatever- genotype they are associated with, even if the learned behavior is not specific to or determined by the genotype of the owners. Que the natives.
Lets say you taught your kids how to build a fire. In a world where your kids are the only kids with the knowledge to start a fire, would it surprise you to find your genes all over the place after a few generations? Would you think it had something to do with your genes, rather than the fire, and the learned behavior of firestarting, if you did find them all over the place?
Successful learned behaviors help to perpetuate -whatever- genotype they are associated with, even if the learned behavior is not specific to or determined by the genotype of the owners. Que the natives.
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