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foldingmoney | 1 year ago

>My understanding is that evolution is specifically directional change in response to a pressure, not random drift or coincidence.

Evolution just means change, and it includes genetic drift. In common parlance, 'evolution' generally implies improvement, but that's not the technical definition.

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s1artibartfast|1 year ago

Thanks, I was conflating it with natural selection.