RE: Is "discourse of the mind" evidence of design?
July 14, 2014 at 12:21 pm
(This post was last modified: July 14, 2014 at 12:25 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Just to continue the thought - with regards to any "test" being run by nature, any two creatures can leverage the same mechanism with entirely disimilar results. One question can be answered by two creatures in identical ways and be correct, two different ways and both be wrong, or two identical ways and be correct in one creature but incorrect in another. "Test" doesn't work with regards to selection for the same reasons that design doesn't work. If what we do is test, then nature doesn't. If what nature does is test, then we don't. Unpacking the baggage that language brings with it is immensely helpful if we want to understand selection specifically, or nature in general.
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