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Re:Beetle grows ‘termite’ on back to steal food by cactacea on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @11:21PM (#37414377)
Mutation is random, selection is not

https://evolution.berkeley.edu/teach-evolution/misconception...

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Re:Beetle grows ‘termite’ on back to steal food by eru on Thursday September 07, 2023 @03:37AM (#37415831)
I implicitly interpreted your statement as 'Evolution is much smarter than just selection over random mutations.'

It seems like a overinterpreted. If we stick to the strict wording, you are correct. Almost trivially so.

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