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Re: Horns, Antlers, Tusks, and the way evolution works
Bryant (mycol1@unm.edu)
5 Sep 1996 15:15:11 -0600
In article <lpiotrow.417.322F239E@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>,
Len Piotrowski <lpiotrow@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> wrote:
>bryant said:
>>It is, in my opinion, only possible to approach constraint and drift
>>explanations by falsifying adaptationist alternatives.
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>Maybe so. However, if grounded properties and precursor events synchronize
>with a trait of no known fitness value, is this, a priori, a false claim?
Um, perhaps one more time in English?
>>The dismissal of adapationist hypothesizing as "just-so story telling" is
>>only justified when those doing so cite no supporting evidence and make
>>no falsifiable predictions about their hypotheses.
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>Similarly justified when those making the hypotheses provide no evidence other
>than assertion of purpose to defend it's purported efficacy.
You just repeated what I said, there. Is doing this supposed to contribute
somehow to the discussion???
>--Lenny__
Bryant
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