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paulkrugman.substack.com - Bessent and the bondsI weighed posting this in several different boards. METAR won ("won") because it functions the most as a grab bag.
It used to be - in the US university system, in the 20th century, and if you were in a life sciences track - that you might end up taking a serious course on evolution. Mechanisms, including mutation-based and environment-based; introductions to parts of the statistical techniques that are used in the field, examples of convergence, and so on.
In 1972, Eldredge and Gould published, "Punctuated equilibria: an alternative to phyletic gradualism" (
researchgate.net - Punctuated Equilibria An Alternative to Phyletic Gradualism) introducing
en.wikipedia.org - Punctuated equilibrium.
Summarized, it's that most of evolution is stasis interrupted by exogenous change, and rapid evolution in response to that change - as opposed to gradual drift over time. This theory is widely accepted and supported.
