Marcus, Well, epigenetics is important to understand and maybe looked at another way helps narrow the real question. We could consider the vast variation in canine breeds and the fact that breeding selection as an extreme form of epigenetics has not apparently altered the species they all belong to. Perhaps the question is how environmental pressures and experience may clearly influence genetics, but be insufficient to originate the kind of somehow deeper genetic change that creates new forms of life. Among other things it points to a distinct difference between 'shallower' and 'deeper' genetic change indicating that some form of structure other than noisy aggregations may be present.
Phil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Marcus G. Daniels > Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 12:34 AM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Relaxed Selection, a b-level posting > > Nicholas Thompson wrote: > > The metaphor is terrible because > > the time-scale of oscillations of good and bad times in economics is > WAY > > too short for the reproductive capacity of the species to respond. > So the > > "times" are sort of independent of the reproduction of the species. > > > Perhaps not.. > > http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11326195 > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
