tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26682722.post9007200956122224448..comments2024-03-27T11:39:00.859-07:00Comments on Stones and Bones: Discotute "Dissent From Darwin"Gary S. Hurdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08296691454238708856noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26682722.post-72445358704365174542022-11-28T12:15:39.755-08:002022-11-28T12:15:39.755-08:00Hurd, you know me from talk.origins, and the virtu...Hurd, you know me from talk.origins, and the virtual .sig at the end of this comment may also be familiar to you. <br /><br />You have an interesting take on WHY Darwin would have signed the statement. It refers exclusively to the so-called "Modern Synthesis," a.k.a."Neo-Darwinism."<br /><br />This is a micro-evolutionary theory, an "atomistic" theory comparable to trying to predict human behavior on the basis of signaling between different cells.<br /><br />You go on to mention that Darwin talked about two macroevolutionary concepts, co-evolution and mutualism. These may some day become part of an Extended Evolutionary Synthesis (EES), but the EES proponents have not yet embraced them, while the neo-Darwinists have clung to their "atomistic" claim that the Modern Synthesis implicitly adequately handles EES.<br /><br />Peter Nyikos<br />Professor, Dept. of Mathematics -- standard disclaimer--<br />University of South Carolina<br />http://people.math.sc.edu/nyikospnyikoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00945669460553697323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26682722.post-14443825897967964772012-03-21T20:41:35.197-07:002012-03-21T20:41:35.197-07:00The "other" Gary and I have been followi...The "other" Gary and I have been following the Coppedge story at http://sensuouscurmudgeon.wordpress.com/<br />I suspect there are other Panda's Thumb and Talk Origins folk you may know there too.<br /><br />Adding you to my blogroll. :-)<br /><br />DanDan Eastwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105563883467108602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26682722.post-26140120610959125482012-03-21T07:39:37.040-07:002012-03-21T07:39:37.040-07:00Howdy Dan. Welcome.
I looked at your bio, and I ...Howdy Dan. Welcome. <br /><br />I looked at your bio, and I don't think we have met before, but share quite a number of interests.Gary S. Hurdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08296691454238708856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26682722.post-63094820473520170412012-03-20T20:43:11.446-07:002012-03-20T20:43:11.446-07:00Greeting Gary - I followed you here from your comm...Greeting Gary - I followed you here from your comments on the recent Time article. I look forward to reading through your posts.<br /><br />(wondering if this is a "Gary" I already know?)<br /><br />Dan (aka Tomato Addict)Dan Eastwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105563883467108602noreply@blogger.com