No, it’s not. Darwinism, as scientific position and not vibes, is a claim that any observable feature in biodiversity is observable because it’s causally produced differential fitness with alternative features. It is not what we see in reality.
I suggest you pause discussion of evolution and return to discussion after reading any summary of modern evolutionary theory? I recommend “The Logic of Chance: Nature and Origin of Biological Evolution”.
Darwinism is, quite simply, the theory that evolution proceeds through the mechanisms of variation and selection. I read Mary Douglas too, btw, but your “any observable feature” is clearly not a necessity not even for the staunchest Dalton/Dawkins fan, and I am frankly puzzled by the fact that such obvious tendentious read could be upvoted so much.
I have of course read Koonin—not the worse among those still trying to salvage Lewontin, but not really relevant to the above either. No one is arguing that all phenotypes currently extant confer specific evolutionary advantages.
No, it’s not. Darwinism, as scientific position and not vibes, is a claim that any observable feature in biodiversity is observable because it’s causally produced differential fitness with alternative features. It is not what we see in reality.
I suggest you pause discussion of evolution and return to discussion after reading any summary of modern evolutionary theory? I recommend “The Logic of Chance: Nature and Origin of Biological Evolution”.
Darwinism is, quite simply, the theory that evolution proceeds through the mechanisms of variation and selection. I read Mary Douglas too, btw, but your “any observable feature” is clearly not a necessity not even for the staunchest Dalton/Dawkins fan, and I am frankly puzzled by the fact that such obvious tendentious read could be upvoted so much.
I have of course read Koonin—not the worse among those still trying to salvage Lewontin, but not really relevant to the above either. No one is arguing that all phenotypes currently extant confer specific evolutionary advantages.