Re: Life without evolution/evolution without life?

[Howard Pattee <***>]

Tim,

I think we only have a small problem of interpretation.

Tim:I don't see any inconsistency at all between Rosen's remarks on evolution in Life 
Itself and his stance in Anticipatory System.

Howard: No one has suggested inconsistency. I do find a significant change in Bob?s view 
of the importance of adaptation and evolution. In AS there is an entire chapter on 
Adaptation, Natural Selection and Evolution that Bob begins by saying: ?This [adaptation] 
is an idea utterly basic to the biological realm, and which is becoming increasingly 
important in the understanding of the properties and control of social systems and human 
sciences.?

In LI Bob says, [evolution] may very well be more a property of a particular realization 
of life, rather than life itself. Thus it is that the word ?evolution? has hardly been 
mentioned in the preceding pages.? Also, in LI the word ?adaptation? is not even in the 
index.

I think most readers would find a significant change in attitude from an ?idea utterly 
basic to the biological realm? to and an idea ?hardly mentioned.?

The rest of your post I think is standard evolutionary theory based on a genetic memory 
and natural selection that I agree with completely.

Howard