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To: Fitzy_888
In a recent paper, he used math to demonstrate that “aging can be favored by natural selection.”

You can use math to demonstrate anything non-intuitive.

3 posted on 05/02/2022 6:52:50 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

Or you can just make up a story. Live forever? We can find an evolutionary advantage for that. 500 years? Evolution. 30 years? Evolution.


4 posted on 05/02/2022 6:54:20 AM PDT by fluffy
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

Barbie says, “Math is hard...let’s go shopping!”


5 posted on 05/02/2022 6:54:46 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

Yep, evolution doesn’t favor finding the truth of reality, it favors survival of traits that give an advantage. the math is pretty bulletproof on that.


15 posted on 05/02/2022 7:30:52 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

I think they have circled back to rain forest math.


17 posted on 05/02/2022 7:32:49 AM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

“You can use math to demonstrate anything non-intuitive.”

Yep. For math to be useful it has to be grounded in reality.

Using math you can calculate how many angels are dancing on the head of a pin.


35 posted on 05/02/2022 9:45:02 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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