PhilGoetz comments on Information theory and FOOM - Less Wrong

6 Post author: PhilGoetz 14 October 2009 04:52PM

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 15 October 2009 12:31:55AM *  2 points [-]

If you refer to the "pace of evolution" I should hope that mass extinctions count as rapid evolution.

I wouldn't. That's just loss. If your planet was hit by a supernova, would you call that rapid evolution?

I've been quite specific. I'm talking about the accumulation of information in the DNA of all organisms.

Comment author: timtyler 15 October 2009 09:24:21PM 0 points [-]

Don't call it "evolution", then - or people will get very confused. Evolution is about change - not about gain or loss. Check with the definition of the term.