Clara,
1. It heartens me to know that you have discovered many of us have concern
about the ethics involved in our science. I hope that this experience will
help all of us stop and think about the implications of our research, and
bounce ideas off of others, before moving forward. Often we are so
Hello all,
I have spent some time thinking about this topic over the last several
years. As a relatively 'green' evolutionary ecologist I rarely enter these
debates in public forums.
My opinion's are heavily influenced by Jared Diamond's writing on the
topic. In not as eloquent words 'progress'
On the lighter side I believe this topic was thoroughly explored through
several sociological contexts (i.e. criminal gourmand)back in the early
1990s. If I am remembering correctly, the bushmeat of endangered species tastes
exactly like turkey. This research was well documented in the film
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Clara B. Jones foucaul...@gmail.com wrote:
Ecolog-l-ers:
1. ...a few individuals have contacted me with concerns about the ethics of
my post requesting bushmeat...
2. ...i was not concerned about the ethical dimension for several
reasons...perhaps, the most important is that it didn't
In viewing the history of life, there does appear to be a general trend towards
increasing complexity. However, if one examines particular lineages, such as
parasitic worms, which presumably evolved from free-living forms, the trend is
in the opposite direction, towards degeneracy (for
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Caveat: I probably don't know what I'm talking about
I am in no way an evolutionary biologist, but for as long as I can remember,
have been aware that the conventional wisdom is that evolution does not imply
progress/advancement. Even Chris's statement below 'evolution has resulted in
a
Hello
I think that the interesting debate generated by the issue of
evolutionary progress is exactly why it's a good topic for this panel.
It makes people think carefully about definitions and the processes. I
also think that Chris Edge just hit the nail on the head about our
misuse of the
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Hi all, admittedly evolution by natural selection has no goal - it just
happens. But, the logical outcome of natural selection is a population
containing fitter organisms. Richard Lenski's experiments have shown
conclusively that the E. coli in his cultures that have evolved for longer are
Ecolog:
Lots of good contributions to the subject of evolution.
Phenomena do not change because of words. Words are crude tools for
communication through which we hope to be clearly understood. Actually
understanding phenomena is another matter.
So in any form of disciplined attempts to
Ecolog:
I would like to commend Wayne for his devil's advocate approach to
suggesting the third question and starting this discussion. It seems my
original interpretation was correct: the whole purpose of the question was
to dispel the misconceptions around the semantics of evolution.
I find it
A small addition now I'm home from work:
Darwin's definition of evolution was 'transmutation' - he used the two
synonymously. So, really the shifting of one state to another, and not to
forget the element of CHANCE in the equation.
The misinterpretation of evolution as 'progress' coincided
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Hi Joey, I am not arguing that evolution has led to progress on some axis -
that's an empirical question. I am only arguing that it is not a
misunderstanding of evolution by natural selection to suggest that it is
possible. You've stated conclusively that evolution by natural selection
cannot
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