Re: Fundamental theorems, dilemmas, fitness, and information.


"g" <gillawton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:d9df89$2ia6$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> > It is important to realize that Fisher and Haldane are
> > dealing with different issues. Fisher is dealing with
> > an increase in fitness. Haldane is dealing with an
> > increase in INFORMATION. But the two issues are
> > interrelated because it is the information that makes
> > the fitness possible.
> >
> ...
> As to information, let us suppose a group of gazelles
> were to raise their tails upon smelling or sighting a
> cheetah, so that other cheetahs could see the signal from
> a considerable distance, and each, upon seeing it, would
> raise his tail, so that any others would see the signal and
> respond. [snip remainder]

Your posting raises some interesting questions, but it is not
really responsive to what I wrote. I was referring to genetic
information transmitted "vertically" from parent to offspring;
information which presumably has a long "shelf-life". You are
discussing information transmitted "horizontally" within a
herd; information whose relevance is quite "perishable".

The two kinds of information don't have much in common.


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