Reply #31: Ah [View All]

[progressive_realist]

I should perhaps have said instead, "Organisms can change over generations." I suppose the topological map of speciation consists of basins of attraction. Organisms within a species will tend to have traits clustered around the "norm" for that species, unless and until something in the environment changes to favor characteristics that were previously outliers.

But that's a lot more technical than the point I was trying to make, which was that politicians should know better than to think evolution is only one of several equal options to be chosen from.