Luke_A_Somers comments on Partial Transcript of the Hanson-Yudkowsky June 2011 Debate - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 19 April 2012 11:53:35PM 1 point [-]

Evolution can't decide to keep something around just because it might be useful for future evolution.

Evolution can't decide to do anything. It occurs that genes that aggressively root out recently abandoned genetic material are maladaptive.

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