thomblake comments on "Sex Is Always Well Worth Its Two-Fold Cost" - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 15 July 2009 10:12:17PM *  -1 points [-]

In evolution, there's just inheritance - and its transmission, variation, and selection. "Inside" and "outside" are not concepts that play a significant role. What can be inherited internally" could equally well be inherited "externally" - without affecting the dynamics of the information flows involved. "Inside" and "outside" are mere geography.

Comment author: thomblake 16 July 2009 02:35:21PM 0 points [-]

Tim, you're misreading the way 'external' was used in the parent comment. The 'internal definition' eirenicon referred to was the one specified in the article, and 'external definitions' are those used elsewhere.