Tag: tinkerer
The Junk Shop of Andreas Wagner
The fundamental dilemma is this: whenever you co-opt any part from an old system and put it in a new system, there are two possibilities.
Squeezing Out the Mystery: Final Comments on Strickberger’s Evolution
The phenomenon of convergent evolution suggests that natural selection fits better with the analogy of the engineer than it does the tinkerer.
Ignoring the Obvious: Convergent Evolution in Strickberger’s Evolution
Remarkably, even Ernst Mayr was forced to tacitly acknowledge the challenge to Darwinism posed by convergence.