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Evolution is learning
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RE: Evolution is learning
Shades of Lamarckism, maybe? Otherwise it might make for interesting sci-fi.

As others have pointed out, what you have is not at all a theory. Nobody's going to tell you not to pursue the idea, I suspect. Just bear in mind that coming up with a story that might explain something, however internally consistent and compelling, is not the end of the process; rather it's merely one way of taking that momentous first step in the investigative process. Next you need to devise some method of testing for the effect you propose, some way of removing ambiguity so you can home in on what is actually happening and what's causing it. Lather, rinse, repeat. Only when you have exhausted the possible avenues of enquiry will you have anything even superficially resemblilng a theory. After that comes Peer Review, in which your model is tested to destruction by others in the relevant fields. Eventually, all the ill-fitting bricks will have been knocked away and replaced by better-fitting ones. Congratulations, you're doing science.
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Evolution is learning - by Bueller - March 24, 2012 at 12:08 pm
RE: Evolution is learning - by The Grand Nudger - March 24, 2012 at 12:10 pm
RE: Evolution is learning - by Bueller - March 24, 2012 at 12:15 pm
RE: Evolution is learning - by Nine - March 24, 2012 at 12:13 pm
RE: Evolution is learning - by The Grand Nudger - March 24, 2012 at 12:16 pm
RE: Evolution is learning - by Nine - March 24, 2012 at 12:16 pm
RE: Evolution is learning - by Erinome - March 24, 2012 at 12:19 pm
RE: Evolution is learning - by Nine - March 24, 2012 at 12:20 pm
RE: Evolution is learning - by Bueller - March 24, 2012 at 1:48 pm
RE: Evolution is learning - by Nine - March 24, 2012 at 1:54 pm
RE: Evolution is learning - by Phil - March 24, 2012 at 12:26 pm
RE: Evolution is learning - by Jaysyn - March 25, 2012 at 9:18 am
RE: Evolution is learning - by Anomalocaris - March 24, 2012 at 1:57 pm
RE: Evolution is learning - by Neo-Scholastic - March 24, 2012 at 2:19 pm
RE: Evolution is learning - by Phil - March 24, 2012 at 2:49 pm
RE: Evolution is learning - by Neo-Scholastic - March 24, 2012 at 9:32 pm
RE: Evolution is learning - by Phil - March 24, 2012 at 9:37 pm
RE: Evolution is learning - by Neo-Scholastic - March 25, 2012 at 11:30 am
RE: Evolution is learning - by Phil - March 25, 2012 at 8:03 pm
RE: Evolution is learning - by Neo-Scholastic - March 26, 2012 at 9:02 am
RE: Evolution is learning - by Phil - March 29, 2012 at 7:38 pm
RE: Evolution is learning - by Napoléon - March 24, 2012 at 2:32 pm
RE: Evolution is learning - by Welsh cake - March 24, 2012 at 2:52 pm
RE: Evolution is learning - by Cyberman - March 24, 2012 at 3:19 pm
RE: Evolution is learning - by Minimalist - March 24, 2012 at 9:48 pm
RE: Evolution is learning - by The Grand Nudger - March 25, 2012 at 9:19 am
RE: Evolution is learning - by Bueller - March 25, 2012 at 9:38 am
RE: Evolution is learning - by The Grand Nudger - March 25, 2012 at 9:40 am
RE: Evolution is learning - by KichigaiNeko - March 26, 2012 at 12:49 am
RE: Evolution is learning - by The Grand Nudger - March 26, 2012 at 9:06 am
RE: Evolution is learning - by Neo-Scholastic - March 26, 2012 at 9:41 am
RE: Evolution is learning - by The Grand Nudger - March 26, 2012 at 9:49 am
RE: Evolution is learning - by popeyespappy - March 26, 2012 at 10:03 am
RE: Evolution is learning - by Neo-Scholastic - March 26, 2012 at 11:20 pm
RE: Evolution is learning - by Welsh cake - March 27, 2012 at 9:44 am
RE: Evolution is learning - by KichigaiNeko - March 27, 2012 at 10:14 am
RE: Evolution is learning - by Welsh cake - March 28, 2012 at 8:12 am
RE: Evolution is learning - by KichigaiNeko - March 28, 2012 at 8:31 am

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