At 01:03 PM 9/22/98 -0400, Thomas Petzinger Jr. wrote:
>Actually, Nick, evolution isn't pure competition, not by a long shot. In
>fact it favors cooperative as well as competitive traits because
>cooperation enhances survival.
Er, I'm confused. You've offered a number of statements that strongly
endorse what I was saying: natural selection is not the only force of
evolution.
You seem to be assuming that I am using "evolution" to mean only "natural
selection," but that's exactly what I'm arguing against.
So, we agree -- evolution is not a purely competitive process. Sorry,
hard-core Darwinists. (To be fair to Charles D., he never argued that
natural selection would be the only evolutionary force, although he
thought any others would be minor in comparison.)
Nick
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