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Re:Elephants born without tusks in ‘evolutionary response’ t... by Ygg2 on Monday December 05, 2022 @03:47AM (#33863058)
Same way any inanimate system can respond. Think of it more like action/reaction than anything else. I.e. there is no agency just a set of interacting rules.
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Re:Elephants born without tusks in ‘evolutionary response’ t... by nverno on Monday December 05, 2022 @04:01AM (#33863145)
Yea, I think the original wording is fine, although I'd think of it more like the elephant genes are a river that got dammed, so the river started flowing around. Saying the river responded to the dam would be similar.
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