David, Is this what Pirsig means when he uses the word "evolution" in Lila?
Sent laboriously from an iPhone, Mark On Mar 21, 2012, at 1:15 PM, david buchanan <[email protected]> wrote: > > How do dictionaries define evolution? Is it "static" and "ever-changing"? > > > evolution |ˌevəˈloō sh ən|noun1 the process by which different kinds of > living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier > forms during the history of the earth.The idea of organic evolution was > proposed by some ancient Greek thinkers but was long rejected in Europe as > contrary to the literal interpretation of the Bible. Lamarck proposed a > theory that organisms became transformed by their efforts to respond to the > demands of their environment, but he was unable to explain a mechanism for > this. Lyell demonstrated that geological deposits were the cumulative product > of slow processes over vast ages. This helped Darwin toward a theory of > gradual evolution over a long period by the natural selection of those > varieties of an organism slightly better adapted to the environment and hence > more likely to produce descendants. Combined with the later discoveries of > the cellular and molecular basis of genetics, Darwin's theory of evolution > has, with some modification, become the dominant unifying concept of modern > biology.2 the gradual development of something, esp. from a simple to a more > complex form : the forms of written languages undergoconstant evolution. > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
