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To: AndrewC
If it is on the edge of stability, (now I will kinda shift gears) it can spawn a change and remain stable, but it will be spawning lots of changes.

Hence the massive number of species on earth, both extant and extinct. Fitness is not a static, steady-state affair, thus we ought to see species riding that ragged edge all the time, crossing over from fit to unfit, or back again, as the environment changes.

1,051 posted on 07/29/2003 3:58:57 PM PDT by general_re (Sorry - couldn't resist....)
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To: general_re
Fitness is not a static, steady-state affair, thus we ought to see species riding that ragged edge all the time, crossing over from fit to unfit, or back again, as the environment changes.

Right, and it therefore makes sense to note that it would be very unusual for there to be stability or direction sufficient to create a very complex organ.

1,059 posted on 07/29/2003 4:40:27 PM PDT by AndrewC
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