Re: Semantic leeway

From: tgpedersen
Message: 59632
Date: 2008-07-25

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:
>
> On 2008-07-24 23:03, gprosti wrote:
>
> Other historical sciences have similar limitations. Take evolutionary
> biology. What is the probability that a given species of animal will
> evolve the ability to fly within the next twenty million years? Well,
> it should have some features "preadapting" it to such a career --
> whales, hippos and giraffes, for example, can be ruled out as
> candidates.

Are you *positive* about this?
I distinctly recall having seen some some decades ago.


Torsten