@hbdchick @Outsideness Altruism creates the desert.
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@Outsideness the one thing is *fitness,* the other is an impairment. -
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@Outsideness a penguin in a desert will not be fit. a penguin with diseased flippers has an impairment. -
@hbdchick Penguins are pathologically maladapted to deserts. Diseased flippers don't help. -
@Outsideness no such term as, or concept of, pathological maladaptation. but, like i said, if it catches on, we can submit it to OED. (~_^) -
@hbdchick@Outsideness Maladaptation = pathological adaptation, e.g., learning wrong lessons from experience, e.g., dogmatic universalism. -
@HobbesianM no. a mismatched trait is *not* a "pathological maladaptation." it is a mismatched trait. -
@hbdchick "pathological maladaptation" is not a phrase I used. Dogmatic universalism is not a "mismatched trait"; it's a mistake. -
@hbdchick Not that universalism is a bad idea; being too dogmatic about it is, as in modern PC-ness. I don't think that was ever adaptive. - 1 more reply
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@hbdchick ... They have to converge, unless Darwinism is bullshit, which I really don't think you believe. -
@Outsideness yes, they have to converge, but the convergence won't be that adaptations, or even maladaptations, are pathological.
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@hbdchick "But that kind of body works fine IN A TOTALLY DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT." Gnon laughs at that. We should too. -
@Outsideness eh? now you're *really* not making any sense. -
@hbdchick Your (and@JayMan471 's) arbitrary deference to folk medicine is showing.
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