As far as I know "evolutionary advantage" means favouring the replication of a specific trait (or the genes underlying it) over competing traits. The "simplistic reasoning of an ignorant" is the reasoning of Charles Darwin and Richard Dawkins - that evolution acts on the individual in the first case, and genes (or gene clusters - or whatever produces traits on which evolution can get some traction) - in the latter. I don't follow everything you said but it looks like you're arguing for some sort of group selection? Maybe you could make your ideas a bit clearer. This in answer to post 1.
Post 2 - Darwin focused on the long term effects of the process - he wanted to explain how organisms developed over many generations. Not sure about the ideological bias, please explain further. Sorry I have to go now - to work in fact! Must fly :-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
