https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/02/18/how-evolution-works-sometimes/ Sun, 20 Feb 2011 18:35:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/02/18/how-evolution-works-sometimes/#comment-499410 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 18:35:08 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/02/18/how-evolution-works-sometimes/#comment-499410 Cherry: Reasoning by analogy has its uses and is sometimes the only way to address certain questions, but more often analogy is useful for something other than reasoning: Making a point. And this does that.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/02/18/how-evolution-works-sometimes/#comment-499409 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 06:45:33 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/02/18/how-evolution-works-sometimes/#comment-499409 Well, there was at least one person who decided to play silly buggers and simply ignored the previous drawing.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/02/18/how-evolution-works-sometimes/#comment-499408 Sat, 19 Feb 2011 07:33:05 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/02/18/how-evolution-works-sometimes/#comment-499408 Needs more selection.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/02/18/how-evolution-works-sometimes/#comment-499407 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 22:58:47 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/02/18/how-evolution-works-sometimes/#comment-499407 Neat. I see punctuated equilibrium! (Which basically means that most copiers try to be faithful, but every so often, someone really sloppy comes along, and that sends the drawing in a new direction.)

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/02/18/how-evolution-works-sometimes/#comment-499406 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 22:01:47 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/02/18/how-evolution-works-sometimes/#comment-499406 I think this explains the evolution of the bible.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/02/18/how-evolution-works-sometimes/#comment-499405 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:57:03 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/02/18/how-evolution-works-sometimes/#comment-499405 I know where this is headed, so I will say it is not biological evolution. It is cute, it is interesting, but resist the urge to draw an analogy with evolution, please. Reasoning by analogy is maybe the highest roadblock to understanding how evolution works.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/02/18/how-evolution-works-sometimes/#comment-499404 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:41:04 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/02/18/how-evolution-works-sometimes/#comment-499404 That’s what my DNA feels like OK. Or else it’s just an aging back.

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