Question about evolution

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@jstump

  1. How can the actions of mice be based on interests of themselves, when they cannot think? Of course they do not consider the future of populations, species, or communities, because they cannot think. They also do not consider the future of themselves, because they cannot think.

  2. If animals such as mice do not act out of thought, how do the act? They act out of instinct, or maybe memes. I think that instincts are conditioned responses. When an animal does something that works, that benefits it, it receives a positive response, that encourages it to repeat that action. In that sense instincts are learned.

Memes however if I understand them properly are not learned. Memes are directly connected to genes, which are not based on experience. That most likely why Dennett does not think humans have freewill. As Dawkins said, we are controlled by our DNA. The whole concept of memes bypasses the brain and is wrong. Our DNA certainly influences our behavior, it is the basis of our basic needs, but it does not control our behavior or the behavior of other biota.

  1. When we think about survival of the fittest/selfish gene we usually are thinking about the relationship between predator and prey, which are different species, but that is Wrong, because prey and predator are NOT competing for the same resources. It is zebras that would be competing for grass and lions that would competing for meat, BUT they aren’t. .

If survival of the fittest were true than all other humans would be our natural enemies because we would be in a life and death struggle with each other for survival.

  1. The question is not Whether biota are naturally selfish or cooperative? The question is about the character of the Creation. Is it basically good or evil? It is not good if it is basically chaotic which deprives it of its basic freedom. It is not good if it is based on conflict that sets every biota against everyone else.

  2. Symbiosis is the system or process that God/nature uses to keep all of the biota in balance with each other and the environment, so it can live in stable harmony… When one aspect of the environment changes, biota must adapt or go extinct… This is how evolution takes place. Physical change creates environmental change, which creates evolutionary change.