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Re: Adaptationism againLen Piotrowski (lpiotrow@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu)Thu, 5 Sep 1996 12:41:50 GMT
In article <50l3cj$2310@argo.unm.edu> mycol1@unm.edu (Bryant) writes:
>[snip]
>In article <lpiotrow.409.322DF529@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>,
>>My reading of the above:
>A fine reading, Lenny.
>Exactly! One cannot readily falsify assertions of pleiotropy, random
This is not apparently what Lewontin means. The gist of his conclusion states
>>How does this then imply that "adaptationist hypotheses are more readily
>Because when you hypothesize an evolved function for a trait, you can
Based solely on Lewontin's conclusion, this methodology is not logically
>Test those predictions. The answer will generate more
The logical relation between Lewontin's initial premise and conclusion, and
>You may be more creative than I, but with most of the traits we would
I believe that this final point is actually logically consistent with a closer
Cheers,
--Lenny__
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