RE: Richard Dawkin's big blunder
March 18, 2014 at 12:09 am
(This post was last modified: March 18, 2014 at 12:31 am by Mudhammam.)
(March 17, 2014 at 11:41 pm)Heywood Wrote:(March 17, 2014 at 10:55 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: Watson is an extension of our phenotype and is indeed (indirectly) the product of evolution by way of natural selection.
I wouldn't call it a product of evolution. I would say Watson is another link in an emergent chain that includes us.
If and when Watson's descendants take on lives of their own and begin reproducing independently of us then you'll have your first example of intelligently guided evolution (artificial selection not withstanding).