Saturday, August 24, 2013

Philosophy Wire: Reproduction without sex... - A stunning possibility.


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Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-08-24]: An organism which reproduces itself asexually. Instead of having sex it just takes the genes it needs from other organisms - organisms from other species or even organisms that do not belong in the same category of life! - in order to evolve. [1] If all of our definitions related to the theory of evolution are based on heredity and sexual reproduction, then how stupid do we really are?

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