Comments for Darwiniana: blogzone http://darwiniana.com/blogzone Commenters' blog Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:54:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 Comment on Wallace has interesting take on Darwinism by Stephen P. Smith http://darwiniana.com/blogzone/2008/08/02/wallace-has-interesting-take-on-darwinism/#comment-169 Stephen P. Smith Sun, 03 Aug 2008 04:56:32 +0000 http://darwiniana.com/blogzone/2008/08/02/wallace-has-interesting-take-on-darwinism/#comment-169 Wallace is not here denying the facts of evolution (apparent variation and natural selection in life’s struggle for existence). Wallace agrees with Darwin, but then does something Darwin has never done: Wallace notes that natural selection is provisional, Wallace notes that natural selection is context dependent and comes with a precondition that underwrites our very words and consciousness itself. Natural selection build from a framework of necessary law and random variation is found depending on an unspecified precondition: the sample space and the fitness landscape is taken for granted. But the starkness cannot be denied, even as nature finds itself only caricatured by Darwin’s theory. Wallace knew there was something beyond the simplistic caricature offered by Darwin, and so it is not surprising that Wallace was not disappointed in Darwin taking credit for natural selection. Wallace is closer to being Trinitarian, as the apparent subject-object unity is very apparent is his concluding remarks. Wallace is not here denying the facts of evolution (apparent variation and natural selection in life’s struggle for existence). Wallace agrees with Darwin, but then does something Darwin has never done: Wallace notes that natural selection is provisional, Wallace notes that natural selection is context dependent and comes with a precondition that underwrites our very words and consciousness itself. Natural selection build from a framework of necessary law and random variation is found depending on an unspecified precondition: the sample space and the fitness landscape is taken for granted. But the starkness cannot be denied, even as nature finds itself only caricatured by Darwin’s theory. Wallace knew there was something beyond the simplistic caricature offered by Darwin, and so it is not surprising that Wallace was not disappointed in Darwin taking credit for natural selection. Wallace is closer to being Trinitarian, as the apparent subject-object unity is very apparent is his concluding remarks.

]]> Comment on Epigenetics: behavior impacts on future inheritance by Epigenetics: behavior impacts on future inheritance | lowerautoinsurance http://darwiniana.com/blogzone/2008/07/29/epigenetics-behavior-impacts-on-future-inheritance/#comment-165 Epigenetics: behavior impacts on future inheritance | lowerautoinsurance Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:29:24 +0000 http://darwiniana.com/blogzone/2008/07/29/epigenetics-behavior-impacts-on-future-inheritance/#comment-165 [...] Original post by Stephen P. Smith [...] […] Original post by Stephen P. Smith […]

]]> Comment on Camelina as Biofuel by Darwiniana » Blogzone: biofuel http://darwiniana.com/blogzone/2008/07/28/camelina-as-biofuel/#comment-164 Darwiniana » Blogzone: biofuel Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:27:40 +0000 http://darwiniana.com/blogzone/2008/07/28/camelina-as-biofuel/#comment-164 [...] Camelina as biofuel [...] […] Camelina as biofuel […]

]]> Comment on Belief in rules and laws, not unlike natural selection, linked to autism by Leslie Feldman http://darwiniana.com/blogzone/2008/07/25/belief-in-rules-and-laws-not-unlike-natural-selection-linked-to-autism/#comment-159 Leslie Feldman Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:16:27 +0000 http://darwiniana.com/blogzone/2008/07/25/belief-in-rules-and-laws-not-unlike-natural-selection-linked-to-autism/#comment-159 You are talking about familial autism which could be made worse by older paternal age. One of the major causes of the rise in non-familial autism is older paternal age. Childhood schizophrenia is also caused, in many non-familial cases by de novo mutations in sperm stem cells. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23849196-5000117,00.html http://www.schizophreniaforum.org/for/curr/Malaspina/default.asp You are talking about familial autism which could be made worse by older paternal age.

One of the major causes of the rise in non-familial autism is older paternal age. Childhood schizophrenia is also caused, in many non-familial cases by de novo mutations in sperm stem cells. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23849196-5000117,00.html

http://www.schizophreniaforum.org/for/curr/Malaspina/default.asp

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]]> Comment on Theory depends on politics for its acceptance by Darwiniana » Blogzone: theory and politics http://darwiniana.com/blogzone/2008/07/22/theory-depends-on-politics-for-its-acceptance/#comment-157 Darwiniana » Blogzone: theory and politics Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:34:50 +0000 http://darwiniana.com/blogzone/2008/07/22/theory-depends-on-politics-for-its-acceptance/#comment-157 [...] Theory depends on politics for its acceptance [...] […] Theory depends on politics for its acceptance […]

]]> Comment on Natural selection unable to optimize by Darwiniana » Blogzone: natural selection unable to optimize http://darwiniana.com/blogzone/2008/07/18/natural-selection-unable-to-optimize/#comment-156 Darwiniana » Blogzone: natural selection unable to optimize Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:43:59 +0000 http://darwiniana.com/blogzone/2008/07/18/natural-selection-unable-to-optimize/#comment-156 [...] here [...] […] here […]

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]]> Comment on Mars photos by Darwiniana » Blogzone: Mars photos http://darwiniana.com/blogzone/2008/07/16/mars-photos/#comment-153 Darwiniana » Blogzone: Mars photos Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:48:26 +0000 http://darwiniana.com/blogzone/2008/07/16/mars-photos/#comment-153 [...] Mars Photos [...] […] Mars Photos […]

]]> Comment on My review of Kauffman’s “Reinventing the Sacred” by Darwiniana » Blogzone: book review of Kauffman http://darwiniana.com/blogzone/2008/07/10/my-review-of-kauffmans-reinventing-the-sacred/#comment-145 Darwiniana » Blogzone: book review of Kauffman Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:48:31 +0000 http://darwiniana.com/blogzone/2008/07/10/my-review-of-kauffmans-reinventing-the-sacred/#comment-145 [...] Hucklebird reviews Reinventing The Sacred [...] […] Hucklebird reviews Reinventing The Sacred […]

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