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Author Topic:   "Microevolution" vs. "macroevolution."
Brad McFall
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Message 36 of 63 (300794)
04-04-2006 7:52 AM
Reply to: Message 30 by ptman
04-03-2006 3:04 PM


Re: Back to reemergence
I doubt "emergence" is existant. It is an emergency default for those anti-apriorists who think that it was always too late for the NYTIMES to capitlaize the "N"word. While it might be biologically argued that race growth is a social fiction, I tend to reason to biogeography rather than new levels of organization ornamentally because of a lost discussion of the body. Feelings of surpassing Lysenkoism/Larmakianism does not keep hierarchy out of biology necessarily. Emergence simply and easily (too easily I feel) justifies the rear offensive guard of an otherwise WEB DuBois dubius ontology. Sure, there is no purpose to natural selection but as Faith said...

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