There are many #mechanisms of evolution...pic.twitter.com/wWkp96Es08
Why the selfish genes metaphor remains a powerful thinking tool – https://aeon.co/essays/why-the-selfish-genes-metaphor-remains-a-powerful-thinking-tool … via @aeonmag
EXCELLENT clear survey of the role of the selfish gene in evolutionary biology. Now I must read his new book.
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Thank you, Dan!
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Evolution replaced by machine learning iteration. This is what is happening with covid virus? No need to wait for evolution by natural selection to get one optimizer.update() Iteration makes 1000+ iterations/second Since its a small virus it does not matter that its not evolution
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So long as you remember it’s a metaphor (as
#maryMidgley explained & Dawkins vehemently denied) & a 1st approximation useful in many but not all circumstances.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Oddly enough, it’s a counter thinking psychology. What hormones first response is, often is at odds with the minds processing of information & this puts the individual in a repeated angst cycle in a variety of life contexts. It’s all very “unnatural!
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