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Then nature got natural selection backwards too. Mating discrimination was shown to be real. Theorizing is great. But once there is evidence the reaction needs
by wildmanx 5y ago
Then nature got natural selection backwards too. Mating discrimination was shown to be real.
Theorizing is great. But once there is evidence the reaction needs to be to adjust the theory instead of arguing away the effects that have been observed since they are inconsistent with the theory. "You're getting it backwards" is exactly that.
- arghwhat 5y ago> Mating discrimination was shown to be real. Mating discrimination is real, but redefining "attractive" mates isn't just a single mutation that is implied in survivors like regular "survival of the fittest". Redefining behavior of a specifies is a hell of a lot more complicated, especially if it's not just a simple matter of making presence of a certain smell a turn-off. > Theorizing is great. And all we can do for a few years until we get the most recent results, all we can do to interpret them, and all we can do to iterate on them.
- wildmanx 5y agoRight, and while interpreting them, we need to be cautious. Instead of seeing an effect and think "nah, doesn't fit my theory of natural selection, can't be, let's keep going" we should be more like "oh, this effect was not predicted by our theory, something fishy is going on, let's be cautious".