evolution and humans: nature vs society

Lucem Ferre · 12-11-2020, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

The environment is part of genetics? No. That’s like saying the body is part of the toenail.

If it can affect the gene code then yeah, it actually is.

But I guess it's a coincidence that things that live in water have genes to help them swim.

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OccultHawk · 12-11-2020, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre

If it can affect the gene code then yeah, it actually is.

But I guess it's a coincidence that things that live in water have genes to help them swim.

Now who's talking about phantom bull****. OH is. Stupid ass OH the chest beating gorilla man.

Oooogah oooooogah, me OH. Me right. Me not dumb you dumb. Ooogah oooogah.

You realize your genetic material is located inside the cells that make up your body, don’t you? Obviously the cell nuclei are small physical components of the environment. The smaller object can be part of the bigger object but the bigger object cannot be part of the smaller object. The ocean isn’t part of the wave; the wave is part of the ocean.

~~jwb~~ · 12-11-2020, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

You realize your genetic material is located inside the cells that make up your body, don’t you? Obviously the cell nuclei are small physical components of the environment. The smaller object can be part of the bigger object but the bigger object cannot be part of the smaller object. The ocean isn’t part of the wave; the wave is part of the ocean.

I think it's pretty misleading to say your genes are part of your environment. Environment infers something external to the organism. You're basically saying the organism itself is part of the environment which renders the term environment functionally meaningless.