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Re:What scientific term or concept ought to be more widely k... by jl2718 on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @01:21AM (#29481813)
And that biology in general is extremely random. School teaches it as a bunch of little machines.
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Re:What scientific term or concept ought to be more widely k... by ggm on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @02:18AM (#29482056)
Evolution should have been taught as applied statistics and stochastic effects. Using language of implied determinism by genes was a suicide move to the religious. It's applied probability folks, "more successful" is on average. Selection pressure is on average.
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