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<p>The neo-Darwinian paradigm is unable to account for the resilient, complex forms that evolve in nature and persist across time. Random mutations do not explain the occurrence of organisms that mimic complex forms in often astonishing detail. In the absence of God as creator, or random mutations as the basis for adaptive traits, there is something else going on. The case that I present in this article is that the only possible mechanism for mimicry in nature is imitation.</p>
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The neo-Darwinian paradigm is unable to account for the resilient, complex forms that evolve in nature and persist across time. Random mutations do not explain the occurrence of organisms that mimic complex forms in often astonishing detail. In the absence of God as creator, or random mutations as the basis for adaptive traits, there is something else going on. The case that I present in this article is that the only possible mechanism for mimicry in nature is imitation.

Imitation as Mechanism for Mimicry

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The neo-Darwinian paradigm is unable to account for the resilient, complex forms that evolve in nature and persist across time. Random mutations do not explain...

Imitation as Mechanism for Mimicry

Published Online: Jun 30, 2021

Page range: 25 - 30

Received: Dec 01, 2020

Accepted: Mar 01, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lf-2021-0005

Keywords
biosemiotic, entropy, imitation, mimicry, mutation, neo-Darwinism, pragmatism

© 2021 Stephen Jarosek, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Imitation as Mechanism for Mimicry

Published Online: Jun 30, 2021

Page range: 25 - 30

Received: Dec 01, 2020

Accepted: Mar 01, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lf-2021-0005

Keywordsbiosemiotic, entropy, imitation, mimicry, mutation, neo-Darwinism, pragmatism

© 2021 Stephen Jarosek, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
biosemiotic, entropy, imitation, mimicry, mutation, neo-Darwinism, pragmatism