gershom comments on The Simple Math of Everything - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gershom 12 November 2011 08:32:45AM 0 points [-]

Evolution is defined as " any change in the frequency of alleles within a gene pool from one generation to the next." This frequency changes with each birth. So to make the definition into regular English we could say Evolution is defined as "living things reproduce" (the fact of evolution).

This doesn't follow.