[lbo-talk] Re: Instinct

Miles Jackson cqmv at pdx.edu
Thu Dec 1 13:22:24 PST 2005


On Thu, 1 Dec 2005, Arash wrote:


> Wrong, I'm not assuming every trait must benefit reproductive fitness, they
> very well could be neutral to it, I am assuming that a trait that has a net
> NEGATIVE EFFECT on reproductive fitness should fade out of the population
> over time.

Then you don't understand the theory of evolution or basic genetics. A good place to start if you're interesting in getting a handle on this stuff: Gould, Structure of evolutionary theory. You'll see why your common sense argument is baseless.

Miles



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