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Larni
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Message 46 of 53 (468676)
05-31-2008 6:03 AM
Reply to: Message 40 by Iblis
05-29-2008 8:25 PM


Re: Designer fixation and Darwinian selection
Iblis writes:
Isn't there something in this story, about flatworms or planaria or some such germs, which were taught these simple maze tricks with the electrical shocks, and then they cut those germs up, and fed them to a different set of germs, and that new population then knew that maze without being taught?
That's a myth.

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