(February 9, 2012 at 6:51 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:Chimps that ignore their instincts and do something senseless are probably wired wrong and would be a determent to themselves and their troop. Thus through natural selection this bad wiring would or should be eliminated.
Probably as good an example of Natural Selection as you are capable of, G-C.
Congratulations.
Close but no cigar, natural selection doesn't necessarily mean that the 'wiring' should work, we still have appendixes and some species have eyes that they no longer use. We also still have right wing Republican Christian fascists in America, and their wiring is all over the shop.