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Maybe. What mechanism though. Compare with evolution whose mechanism is mostly known and well understood. Why pick the former when the latter works.
by zasdffaa 4y ago
Maybe. What mechanism though. Compare with evolution whose mechanism is mostly known and well understood. Why pick the former when the latter works.
- pazimzadeh 4y agoEpigenetics - the ability to switch certain genes on and off without changing the genetic information (like commenting out certain lines of code) based on environmental cues.
- zasdffaa 4y agoI'm aware of epigenetics via methylation
- pazimzadeh 4y agoWell there's your mechanism. I don't understand "Why pick the former when the latter works." No one is picking anything, it's all happening simultaneously. An epigenetic solution would reduce selective pressure for a genetic solution, theoretically.
- zasdffaa 4y agoBecause the former mechanism, for lamarkism, wasn't given, and Some kind of "genetic intelligence" is just a vacuous proposition, so why raise it. Your mention of epigenetics was a sensible suggestion in that at least it's known to happen (although whether it can control skin colouring is another matter)
- pazimzadeh 4y agoI would think so. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenetics_and_melanoma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenetics_and_melanoma Maybe the black frogs are at higher risk of melanoma. Nothing is ever free..
- zasdffaa 4y agoJaysus! Is there anything wikipedia doesn't have a detailed article on. (checks page history, nope it's been around a while, I guess you didn't just write it to win this one) Good catch anyway!