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most important of all the lessons of history.” This fallacy is most striking in the history of science. Everything we have studied about evolution and natural selection
evolves toward, and selects for, that which we have already studied. But such redundancy, heading into the future at every instant, also recognizes the random chance
Fig. 31.3 Subimages
extracted from time-lapse
microscopy video showing
apoptosis of DU145
prostate cancer cells. By
Peter Egelberg, November
13, 2012. (Public Domain)
31.3 Death-Driven Vicissitudes
most important of all the lessons of history.” This fallacy is most striking in the history of science. Everything we have studied about evolution and natural selection
evolves toward, and selects for, that which we have already studied. But such redundancy, heading into the future at every instant, also recognizes the random chance
Fig. 31.3 Subimages
extracted from time-lapse
microscopy video showing
apoptosis of DU145
prostate cancer cells. By
Peter Egelberg, November
13, 2012. (Public Domain)
31.3 Death-Driven Vicissitudes