Re: Bushman clicks and tsks

On Dec 14, 9:03 am, Julia Altshuler <jaltshu...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
António Marques wrote:
To assume that 'complex changes are adaptations that
confer evolutionary advantage' is a statement of faith. What does it
even mean? Can't people think critically anymore? What is 'evolutionary
advantage'? What is an 'adaptation'? What is 'complex'? More to the
point, what is a possible falsification of the statement that 'complex
changes are adaptations that confer evolutionary advantage'?

You ask some good questions. You'll find answers in these sources:

Darwin, Charles, _The Origin of Species_
Pinker, Steven, _How the Mind Works_ (especially the chapter on the
evolution of the eye)
Anything by Stephen Jay Gould.
Or look at any basic biology book that covers evolution.
They'll be able to define for you concepts such as "evolutionary
advantage," "adaptation," "complex," "natural selection," "mutation,"
"genetic drift," and a number of other basics.

But I think you are interpreting them in a... ehm "creative" way. Some
additional grounding in statistics and basic biology might be needed.
.

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