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  • Owl [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    People generally use "evolve" to mean "randomly mutate and then thrive because they're selected for" not to mean "randomly mutate."

    • MichelLouise [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Oh yeah I was not assuming that you did not understand that. I just felt compelled to make the precision because this kind of « semantic shortcut » (in French we call them « abus de langage », literally language abuse) always bothered me. Again it can lead to misconceptions so I wanted to make sure.

      Fuck, 4 Americans in 10 believe humans were created by God ~10’000 years ago.

      • Owl [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Yeah, I'm familiar with the mistake you're talking about. But I'd wait until someone makes a faulty conclusion based on that mistake before correcting them, rather than judging by whether they jumped through the right semantic hoops.

        If someone has the wrong understanding, they'll make a mistake eventually.