timtyler comments on Ben Goertzel: The Singularity Institute's Scary Idea (and Why I Don't Buy It) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 19 November 2010 08:37:41PM *  -1 points [-]

The term "evolution" usually means what it says in the textbooks on the subject.

They essentially talk about changes in the genetic make up of a population over time.

Science evolves in precisely that sense - e.g. see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_inheritance_theory

Comment author: wedrifid 19 November 2010 10:05:04PM 0 points [-]

I stand by my statement, leaving it unchanged.