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From: "Victoria N. Alexander" <alexander@dactyl.org>
To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 6:40 PM
Subject: VNA replies to Robert Weldon
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> VNA: Scientists have recently discovered that there are other mechanisms
> besides natural selection that influence evolution
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> RW: > > The claim is an area of active debate - see, for example, the
> chapters concerning Stuart Kaufmann's work in Daniel Dennet's "Darwin's
> Dangerous Idea."
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> VNA: Kaufman invented some provocative metaphors for evolution that
inspired
> a lot of nonspecialists to begin looking into new theories. In my
arguments
> I prefer to rely upon Fontana, Schuster, Goodwin, and Crutchfield, whose
> work is solidly based in mathematics. Re: Dennet, pop philosophy tends to
be
> at least ten years behind the best work being done in the sciences.
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From: "Victoria N. Alexander" <alexander@dactyl.org>
To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 6:40 PM
Subject: VNA replies to Robert Weldon
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> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (14
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> VNA: Scientists have recently discovered that there are other mechanisms
> besides natural selection that influence evolution
>
> RW: > > The claim is an area of active debate - see, for example, the
> chapters concerning Stuart Kaufmann's work in Daniel Dennet's "Darwin's
> Dangerous Idea."
>
> VNA: Kaufman invented some provocative metaphors for evolution that
inspired
> a lot of nonspecialists to begin looking into new theories. In my
arguments
> I prefer to rely upon Fontana, Schuster, Goodwin, and Crutchfield, whose
> work is solidly based in mathematics. Re: Dennet, pop philosophy tends to
be
> at least ten years behind the best work being done in the sciences.
>
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