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  1. painted wolf

    Evolutionary mechanisms more important than natural selection?

    I find the terms "dismiss" and "dogmatically defend" to be problematic here. From what I've read from every one of your sources they have a much more nuanced view than you present. Except that selective pressures have been demonstrated time and again both in the lab and in the field. :shrug...
  2. painted wolf

    Question on Retroviruses and Evolution

    I don't know if there is an exact number, but we have thousands of ERVs in our genome. Depending on when each piece was written, the number of ERVs known to match could easily go up as we have finished both the human and chimpanzee genome projects. As for the matches... yes, they are in the...
  3. painted wolf

    Social Darwinism

    Let me get to this bit right now... I'll need to digest the rest to give a proper answer. Mostly I think we use actual rather than likely because we are dealing with living systems as they function in real time. No matter how well adapted a particular individual is to it's environment it can...
  4. painted wolf

    Social Darwinism

    Sorry it took so long to get back to you on this. :o In evolution the only measure of fitness is how many of your genes spread in the population. You can die of old age, but if you don't reproduce you are not truly "fit" from an evolutionary perspective. (unless one counts kin selection)...
  5. painted wolf

    Social Darwinism

    How would you determine who has the better hereditary capability? What genes are you looking for? So now "high intelligence" is a different trait from regular "intelligence"? How do you identify "high intelligence" and quantify it? How do you know this no longer happens? Please produce...
  6. painted wolf

    Biogeography – strong evidence for evolution

    Tens of millions also believe in astrology... and that water has magic memory powers... but we don't let them claim to be scientific either. wa:do
  7. painted wolf

    Is it fair to make students work as a team or with a partner?

    Perhaps that's a difference between college and high school. Or an example of a bad teacher... either way... Part of learning to work as a group is learning to get people to pull their own weight. The real world won't care about why something didn't get done right. wa:do
  8. painted wolf

    Race just another Social construct ?

    I don't know why you consider it "over-representation" in the first place. Just because a few popular television sports have a lot of African-American athletes? What about the rest of the American athletic population? Exactly what percentage is what ethnicity and at what point does one of...
  9. painted wolf

    Social Darwinism

    I'm saying that "intelligence" isn't a singular trait that can be traced to a single gene or even a set of genes. Intelligence isn't even a concept that is fully defined. You seriously think that a medieval peasant is going to be as intelligent as a modern high school graduate? Why exactly...
  10. painted wolf

    Global Warming | Fact or Fiction?

    Well, most of our productive agriculture is already done in places that, if not outright desert, are pretty nearly there. Much of California for example... the farms are not reliant on local rain but on water delivered via canals. The more important question is... will we learn to better...
  11. painted wolf

    Social Darwinism

    I think that's a generalization rather than a scientifically supportable statement. But yes... female choice is a major part of sexual selection in evolution. wa:do
  12. painted wolf

    Race just another Social construct ?

    They were... it was the basis of eugenics programs. Now that we understand genetics we know just how stupid that sort of thinking was. You need genetics to determine if something is actually hereditary or if it's a result of culture, environment and other factors. Or if it is a mix of those...
  13. painted wolf

    Social Darwinism

    Being smart or strong does not make you "fit"... reproducing successfully makes you "fit".　 The error is in assuming that intelligence is genetic. Smart parents also produce dull children. 　 I'm saying that the claim that somehow that average intelligence is decreasing is...
  14. painted wolf

    Social Darwinism

    No, you are making a basic mistake. In evolution fitness is the ability to pass on ones genes to the next generation. Your fitness is determined by how many descendants you have. Right now my sister is more "fit" than I am. But if my son has an advantageous mutation then who knows... over...
  15. painted wolf

    Race just another Social construct ?

    You realize the sports trainers and sport physiologists are working with geneticists on this right? And yes, geneticists are the only ones that can answer if there is a significant genetic difference between ethnic groups. Unless you know some other way to study genes? 　 Because I...
  16. painted wolf

    Social Darwinism

    Seriously? I say only half-jokingly. wa:do
  17. painted wolf

    Is it fair to make students work as a team or with a partner?

    Plus teachers generally know when one member is carrying the rest and don't punish the hard worker for the slacking of the rest. wa:do
  18. painted wolf

    Social Darwinism

    Not true... at least six genes on two chromosomes have been linked to dyslexia. Including DYX3, DCDC2 and DYX1C1. I didn't say he was... just that simply accepting Malthusian events as necessary for culling the weak is. Are there any serious modern proponents of "social darwinism"? wa:do
  19. painted wolf

    Whales have hip bones.

    There is that ... but it could help the culture get over some of it's squeamishness. wa:do
  20. painted wolf

    Is it fair to make students work as a team or with a partner?

    Yup... and as much as you hate it (I did to) it's vital that you learn to work with people even if you don't want to. You don't always get to pick your co-workers in the real world. Knowing how to deal with and be productive with others is a vital life skill. wa:do
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