We’ve seen random natural selection significantly improve human intelligence in as few as tens of generations.
“Random natural selection” is almost a contradiction in terms. Yes, we’ve seen dramatic boosts in Ashkenazi intelligence on that timescale, but that’s due to very non-random selection pressure.
Fair enough. My lazy use of terminology aside, I’m pretty sure you could “breed” an Em via replication-with-random-variation followed by selection according to performance-based criteria.
“Random natural selection” is almost a contradiction in terms. Yes, we’ve seen dramatic boosts in Ashkenazi intelligence on that timescale, but that’s due to very non-random selection pressure.
Mutations occur randomly and environmental pressure perform selection on them.
Obviously, but “natural selection” is the non-random part of evolution. Using it as a byword for evolution as a whole is bad terminology.
Fair enough. My lazy use of terminology aside, I’m pretty sure you could “breed” an Em via replication-with-random-variation followed by selection according to performance-based criteria.