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Re: evolution?(please read)

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From: R. Tang
Date: Fri, 09 May 1997 00:00
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In article <kj3erwzqj4.fsf@lnsil2.lns.cornell.edu>,
Jon Thaler  <jjt@mail.lns.cornell.edu> wrote:
>Geoff Sheffield <geoff@m_l.com> writes:
>
>(...stuff deleted...)
>
>> Natural selection says that features which
>> improve chances for survival (and reproductive success) are 
>> preferred.
>
>Isn't this a tautology? 

	No.

	Remember, surival is dependent on environment.

-- 
Roger Tang, gwangung@u.washington.edu, Artistic Director  PC Theatre
	Editor, Asian American Theatre Revue: 
	http://weber.u.washington.edu/~gwangung/TC.html
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From: gwangung@u.washington.edu (R. Tang)
Subject: Re: evolution?(please read)
Date: 1997/05/09
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