I thought that the advance of scientific knowledge is an evolutionary process?
It is, literally. Although the usage of the term ‘evolution’ in this context has itself evolved such that has different, far narrower meaning here.
The term “evolution” usually means what it says in the textbooks on the subject.
They essentially talk about changes in the genetic make up of a population over time.
Science evolves in precisely that sense—e.g. see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_inheritance_theory
I stand by my statement, leaving it unchanged.
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It is, literally. Although the usage of the term ‘evolution’ in this context has itself evolved such that has different, far narrower meaning here.
The term “evolution” usually means what it says in the textbooks on the subject.
They essentially talk about changes in the genetic make up of a population over time.
Science evolves in precisely that sense—e.g. see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_inheritance_theory
I stand by my statement, leaving it unchanged.