hydralisk

3 ms·

1. 1.▲
   by hydralisk 17y ago

   "The point this article is trying to make is that the notion of "spontaneous order" is fundamental to both the theory of evolution and the free market. One would be hard pressed to design from scratch a working flamingo, and one would simi
2. 2.▲
   by hydralisk 17y ago

   The author is confusing accepting biological evolution as a fact with belief in natural selection as an all-powerful optimizing agent. As most biologists understand (since Gould & Lewontin's 1979 "Critique of the Adaptationist Program
3. 3.▲
   by hydralisk 17y ago

   The publicity craze over this fossil is really disproportionate to the relevance of the find. Does anyone, except the occasional primatologist, really care whether anthropoids are more related to adapiforms or tarsiers? It's just not that e