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Re:The False Allure Of Group Selection by Steven Pinker by Historiopode on Tuesday June 19, 2012 @01:44PM (#4133092)
I assume it is not relevant, indeed: I was merely asking for comments over an unrelated point that was made in the essay, which is that there are no working Lamarckian mechanisms in biology.

I certainly agree over your second point, which I had considered myself, but that did not seem to be particularly relevant to my doubt.

Re:The False Allure Of Group Selection by Steven Pinker by gort on Tuesday June 19, 2012 @04:41PM (#4134044)
"point that was made in the essay, which is that there are no working Lamarckian mechanisms in biology"

Fair enough - Pinker seems a bit too firm about that.