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On 20 June 2011 15:33, Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net> wrote: > But the metaphor Michael is calling on, Carol, as I see it is "normal > science" is the incremental, gradual adaptation of a species to its niche, > and remaining much the same for millions of years, and on the other hand, > when a species is under real pressure, you get exactly the process Kuhn > describes in science: rapid diversification and die-outs, with a distinctly > new species species emerging at the end. It's called "punctuated evolutuion" > isn't it? > > I find the idea of a formation perfecting itself into extinction > attractive. > Said like a representative! :) Though maybe that's part of their attraction: http://images.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&gbv=2&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=6mACTubxN87F8QPQzuzNDQ&ved=0CDcQBSgA&q=sea+dragon+horse&spell=1&biw=1109&bih=671 Huw __________________________________________ _____ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca