[[But of course, their need in the adult isn’t the cause of their development in the embryo]]
How do you know this?
[[But your scenario seems plausible—that stegos who carried the mutations for big plates survived better, and the genes they passed on carried that mutation, making it appear that the embryonic plates formed due to the “metainfo” about what the adult needed. I don’t see why this would be a Polanyi impossibility]]
This could be another plausible arguement (But it certainly wouldn’t invalidate the already present metainfop and inverse causalty)- however, I suspect there are problems with my scenario that I’m not seeign in the polanyi impossibilities. I doubt my scenario can explain metainfo- but As far as I can tell for now, it’s the only coutnerargument I coudl think of at hte moment- getting tired- time to recharge.
How do you know this?
I'm not sure how to answer you. Do I really have to prove to you that the development of an embryo is guided by genes and DNA and stuff?