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Not all of the comments are bad. Yes there are some creationists who said stupid things, but the comment by "Mike Merritt" actually raise a very important point
by p4bl0 12y ago
Not all of the comments are bad. Yes there are some creationists who said stupid things, but the comment by "Mike Merritt" actually raise a very important point. I'll paste it here:
k, I'm being pedantic, but it seems important.
The following phrase is super confusing to people who don't get evolution:
"For the skinks, moms in balmier climates may opt to conserve their own
bodies' resources by depositing eggs on the ground for the final week or
so of development. Moms in harsh mountain climates, by contrast, might
find that it's more efficient to protect their young by keeping them
longer inside their bodies."
Surely you're being elliptical, but even throwing in a phrase like "in a
sense" or better "in a metaphorical sense" would help things out here. But
better to leave it out entirely. The skinks aren't "opting" for anything.
They do what they do, and the consequences are life and death for
themselves and their brood. Hence evolution. QED.
- trhway 12y ago>The skinks aren't "opting" for anything. They do what they do, and the consequences are life and death for themselves and their brood. Hence evolution. usually it is true or very close to true. Yet it is very interesting question, that is probably still open for these lizards, about "opting" in the sense of how much biological flexibility a given one lizard has hardwired in - would the same lizard respond differently to different conditions or would it behave the same independently of the conditions. I.e. what balance they have between adaptation and static fit strategies.