Re: Interesting Rambling--Lamarck

From: Todd Gardiner <todd.gardiner_at_7YJAob0cryTmOuzVFiGF6Dgnqg7BI_dhUzCDwxhspGCixBhrx4onr-6mj0XfSG>
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2010 17:30:22 -0800

Unless you were chopping their tails off in the Godplane on ten separate occasions. Then, perhaps, the tales would be missing altogether!

--Todd

On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 6:02 AM, Simon Phipp <soltakss_at_cHs6l69LMN5Rrt2xV_zv158sbb8SAykCOnMPUgFJp1KehRjDGxffVqqS1bzrYq_FSwsgt_eT8Btxn4o.yahoo.invalid> wrote:

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> Chris Lemens:
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> > Evolution in Glorantha must be Lamarckian.
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> Nope, I am pretty sure that if you took 10 generations of dogs and chopped
> all their tails off then the next generation would be born with tails.
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> > I know this because the elder told me the story of why dogs have long
> tongues.
> > As everyone knows, Waha yanked dog brother's tongue because he told tales
> that
> > Waha wanted to tell. All dogs since have had long tongues. Praise Waha!
>
> So, evolution in Glorantha could be Platonic Lamarckian, so if you made a
> change to the idealised entity then those changes would affect the normal
> ones.
>
> See Ya
>
> Simon
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