Re: Selection Pressure - was re: Reproductive Excess: Is Required

"Walter ReMine" <science@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> Perplexed in Peoria wrote:
> > I am not sure that discussion of "selection pressure"
> > and its effects is even fruitful. But many people
> > discuss it. What am I missing here?
Perplexed is missing an EPT (effectively philosophy terminating and
enormously powerful
evolutionary psychobiology type theoretical) understanding of most
especially himself but of
other animals (mainly more brainy ones) as well.
>
> I agree. The term "selection pressure" is ill-defined, and serves
> merely as a magic wand to wave mysteriously over any problem while one
> incants a Darwinian story.
>
You and John have obviously not yet started to apply (infuse) a Tolerance
Principled
intellectual attitude to (into) your evoution theoretical thinking!

> A similar term "intensity of selection" was used in Haldane's (1957)
> paper on the cost of substitution. When properly understood, it is the
> cost per generation, which equals the 'payment' per generation, in
> terms of the reproduction rate of the species.

It would have been better written (and conceived) as intensity of "selection
pressures".

Peter

P.S.
If Perplexed would happen to read this (despite himself and his far from
rare 'unaccEPTing attitude' to what I write),
I hope I did not reinforced his (your) concerns (re selection pressures).

In case Perplexed do read this: May I try provide some comfort, or to calm
your concern, by pointing out
that what I would might characterize as an "inEPTly AEVASIVE selective
unconsciousness" does in effect tend
to apply more often (and to a greater extent) to the most intelligent of us.
%-)

Peter



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