tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post8637866899505374325..comments2023-10-26T22:06:11.166+11:00Comments on Metamagician3000: Wilkins supports anti-Darwinian theoryRussell Blackfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12431324430596809958noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-9183764981860294822009-04-03T01:28:00.000+11:002009-04-03T01:28:00.000+11:00lol Something was up, I was pretty sure someone wa...lol Something was up, I was pretty sure someone was playing a joke on someone. It took quite awhile to work out it was me doh!Thomas Hendreynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-25084914279310190282009-04-02T21:28:00.000+11:002009-04-02T21:28:00.000+11:00In my (admittedly weak) defence, I'm sure dafter t...In my (admittedly weak) defence, I'm sure dafter things have been published in journals!The Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10051844634899994750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-22874924264534151602009-04-02T19:50:00.000+11:002009-04-02T19:50:00.000+11:00Never mind, JSW's original post was brilliant. Qui...Never mind, JSW's original post was brilliant. Quite a few people around the intertubes were sucked in. I hope my "outraged" or "concerned" response was worthy of it. lol<BR/><BR/>I'm also glad to see that it's now plausible that John is a "leading" Australian philosopher of biology. Hopefully something equivalent will soon be able to be said plausibly of me.Russell Blackfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12431324430596809958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-12678628267217104382009-04-02T17:56:00.000+11:002009-04-02T17:56:00.000+11:00Rillfull?Oh for chuff's sake. Hook line and sinker...Rillfull?<BR/><BR/>Oh for chuff's sake. Hook line and sinker . . .The Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10051844634899994750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-54458042645958553832009-04-02T09:00:00.000+11:002009-04-02T09:00:00.000+11:00Or are you playing along? It can be hard to tell, ...Or are you playing along? It can be hard to tell, lol.Russell Blackfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12431324430596809958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-46749176722663757002009-04-02T08:59:00.000+11:002009-04-02T08:59:00.000+11:00Um, Jules, did you look at the links or notice the...Um, Jules, did you look at the links or notice the date of the post?Russell Blackfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12431324430596809958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-91736794806247250972009-04-02T03:06:00.000+11:002009-04-02T03:06:00.000+11:00Have I missed something here? Why should transfer ...Have I missed something here? Why should transfer of genes to another population (or even species) be any different or any least subject to standard ideas of natural selection? Surely it doesn't matter whether they arise via mutation, sex, drift or some parasitic invasion, but only how they act on the fortunes of the critter?<BR/><BR/>Surely intelligence isn't just down to a single gene, but more likely a whole shitstorm of 'em all creating a creature with (relatively) high intelligence as one of the consequences. <BR/><BR/>Even if it was due to a small, mobile and above all, transferable selection of genes, a sudden (and I would think unlikely) macromutation of intelligence would be useless and uncompetitive to many species, wouldn't it?The Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10051844634899994750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-50856881564177119222009-04-01T21:40:00.000+11:002009-04-01T21:40:00.000+11:00Is nobody going to defend Rillful and his colleagu...Is nobody going to defend Rillful and his colleagues (Metonym, Hebe, and that lying dung beetle Samsa)? Apart from Wilkins that is. Well, we know about Wilkins ...Russell Blackfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12431324430596809958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-32800625627635480982009-04-01T19:36:00.000+11:002009-04-01T19:36:00.000+11:00Superb demolition of that Wilkins fraud, Russell! ...Superb demolition of that Wilkins fraud, Russell! I always knew he was a B-grade philosopher, ever since he had the temerity to cast nasturtiums on the veracity of my latest erudite offering! Now - what's the date, again?Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14036898253383221436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-51604725937316578132009-04-01T18:36:00.000+11:002009-04-01T18:36:00.000+11:00I take deep offense that you think one must be con...I take deep offense that you think one must be constrained by the current paradigm (a point I failed to make in my post) in order to be considered credible, when it is clearly the fact that credibility depends solely on the author's time zone.John S. Wilkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04417266986565803683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-76576344014223435692009-04-01T15:58:00.000+11:002009-04-01T15:58:00.000+11:00Have you noticed what time zone he lives in? :)Have you noticed what time zone he lives in? :)Russell Blackfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12431324430596809958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-11171937472029862252009-04-01T15:55:00.000+11:002009-04-01T15:55:00.000+11:00Something (the comments thread on Wilko's post, ac...Something (the comments thread on Wilko's post, actually) tells me he meant that post to be dated April 1, not March 31 :)hank_sayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406469261027721291noreply@blogger.com