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> I guess that I've been unclear.  The math does not predict what will
> happen.  The math applies only in retrospect about the outcome.  That
> outcome being a shift in the proportioarn of heritable chacteristics.
>

Nail on head moment. But I would add that because of the complexity of life
and our limited understanding, math can show a myriad of outcomes and it is
only after the fact, as you note, that "math" can be shown to be correct
since one of the predicted outcomes happened.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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