tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275657281509261156.post8336960411250717342..comments2024-03-28T04:04:55.806-07:00Comments on Faculty of Language: Some weekend readsNorberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15701059232144474269noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275657281509261156.post-56812893047031240202015-03-21T16:40:39.198-07:002015-03-21T16:40:39.198-07:00"If you had to find a text on a specific subj..."If you had to find a text on a specific subject in such a library – without a catalogue – you would get utterly lost. Worse than that, if missteps can be fatal, you would quickly die. Yet life not only survived, it found countless new meaningful texts in these libraries." <br /><br />Maybe a good time to un-dust one of those 1970ish Dawkins' books where he talks about the law of large numbers. "Life" does not care if 90% of a species dies [or gets lost in 'a library' - what an odd analogy; WHAT is life searching for besides passing on offspring to the next generation?]. But thanks for sharing the quotes; they nicely highlight why Chomsky and some following his lead on evolutionary miracles are so utterly confused. <br /><br />And, BTW, "biologists have NOT started focusing on the restricted possibility space, as a major factor in evolutionary change." - they already knew that possibilities were quite restricted back in the 1980s when I took my first evolution class...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03443435257902276459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275657281509261156.post-5833082998443622622015-03-21T06:31:06.628-07:002015-03-21T06:31:06.628-07:00Just briefly on the Wagner piece - I'm reading...Just briefly on the Wagner piece - I'm reading his book (The arrival of the fittest) and very much enjoying it (only halfway through though - too many other things intervening). He was on BBC radio 4's Start the Week a month or so ago, and it was also good listening.davidadgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00821774928618824698noreply@blogger.com