DILEMMAS (Evolution)

by dhw, Thursday, October 30, 2014, 15:13 (3675 days ago) @ GateKeeper

GATEKEEPER: I think dna solves for every solution it can at a given time. For example I think It is actually solving for future climates that may or may not arise.
-Thanks for joining in. I'd just like to clarify the above point. In my hypothesis, what we are calling the inventive mechanism (the “brain” in the genome) may do two things: adapt to the new conditions (necessary for survival), or exploit them to create new forms (that's the really inventive bit). In both cases there is a response to the new environment. But I can't see it planning for FUTURE environments that may or may not arise. It has the potential to act in response to future change, but it won't do so until the change takes place. Of course a major change will result in the extinction of many organisms, but the lucky ones will have an IM that can adapt or innovate!