Chapter 269

Baptist raised his eyebrows slightly. He motioned to alimia to speak, hoping to hear what different opinions the apprentice could offer.

"Mr. Baptist, these creatures are so wonderful that I have never seen or heard of them in the thematic plane."

Instead of expressing her opinion directly, alimia made a detour.

"According to the theory of advance, discard and retreat, the harsh environment of the Erasmus hemiplane has led these creatures to have to evolve mechanisms to adapt to the environment in order to survive. But I have a question about why all rainforest Falcons have evolved fat rich feathers, why all land fish have strong fins and special gills, and why these creatures have their own intelligence Hui is not high. How can he converge like this? "

When he heard alimia's words, Lena nodded slightly. Although the girl had just come into contact with the theory of Necromancy, her thinking was very flexible, and soon realized that there was not only one direction for the evolution of biology.

"Is there a possibility that these creatures have evolved different coping mechanisms to cope with the special environment of Erasmus, but some of them are gradually eliminated over a long period of time because they are not perfect. What we see in front of us is the rainforest Falcon and the land fish."

With that, alimea glanced at Lena's face. Seeing the principal's silence, she was a little nervous.

"You mean the environment is not an incentive to these creatures, but a screening factor?"

Agnes soon sorted out the meaning of alimea's discourse and made a theoretical exposition of the language of sensibility.

"I think so, Ms. wildfield."

Emilia nodded.

"It's true that if we only look at the results, the theory of advance, Abolishment and retreat can perfectly explain these surviving organisms, but if we take into account those organisms that have not survived, this theory seems to have some limitations and errors."

Agnes fell into thinking. On the other hand, Edgar looked at all this coldly. He didn't express his opinion, and his deep eyes flashed by.

"It's called survivor bias."

Lena said suddenly, making everyone look at him.

"Survivors... What?"

Jane didn't think she heard it clearly. She thought that Lena's pronunciation might be "Deviation", but she had never seen the word before, so she subconsciously thought that she had missed something.

"Survivor bias is a mathematical theory."

He didn't care whether the theory had been put forward before, he explained.

"It's just like in some sea area, ships are often wrecked and sank. After inspecting the returning ships, people find that the port side of these ships is greatly worn, so they think that strengthening the port side can effectively prevent accidents."

His explanation was so easy to understand that alimia soon realized that it was wrong.

"However, the ship that really had an accident has already sunk, and the problems on the ships that can return should not be the main factor."

"The answer is correct."

Lena smiles and looks at the crowd.

"This is the survivor bias, which means that people can only see the results after a certain kind of screening, and use it as the standard of speculation, but ignore the screening process, so that the conclusion is not true. There is another simpler and more straightforward expression of this theory, that is," the dead can't speak. "

Pausing slightly, Lena continued.

"To apply it to the present situation, the theory of advance and retreat only takes into account the evolution process of organisms that survive in the special weather of Erasmus hemiplane, but ignores the evolution process of those species that fail to survive in this hemiplane."

This remark made alimea feel suddenly enlightened. Previously, she only had this kind of feeling vaguely, but she could not extract the thought contained in it. At this time, after an explanation by Leiner, she suddenly realized.

At the same time, alimea also realized that Lena, who could master such a theory, could not think of the law between this and biological evolution. He must have taken into account the doubts he said!

Is he waiting for himself to understand?

Emilia looked at Lena in a slightly confused way. He took a look at the land fish swimming in the water, and then said.

"In my opinion, when we consider the evolution of species, we should not only look at the characteristics of the species that have survived to this day, but also look for the characteristics of those extinct species that have been buried in the long history, from which we can get the correct answer."

Leiner's words are somewhat direct. This is to say that there is an obvious problem with Batiste's conclusion. After such a discussion, Batiste's theory of use, advance, abolish and retreat has not been completely overturned, at least in explaining the evolution of species, it lacks a lot of persuasion.

People are waiting for Baptist's explanation.

Batiste said quietly, seeing that everyone was focusing on himself.

"It's true that if we look at the current situation, the theory of advance, Abolishment and retreat does not play a key role in the evolution of species, but I still think it is the inducement of biological evolution."He said, his face as usual.

"Take the land fish as an example. In the dry season of the Erasmus hemiplane, a lot of rain and lakes will disappear, and the number of organisms in the water will decrease sharply. Therefore, the land fish must land on the shore to continue to survive. This has prompted it to evolve strong fins that can move on the land, and special gills, but not all land fish can enter the water at the first time In this way, those land fish that failed to evolve in time will die. We can say that the selection of environment is the reason why species present their present appearance. However, whether they can evolve into a dreamland or not depends on the biology itself. "

The core of Batiste's theory is obvious, that is, will plays a leading role in the process of evolution and can overcome all resistance.

This is also the point that mages have insisted on for a long time. As long as they have the will to advance, they can change themselves, make progress and become stronger.

If Batiste denies this view, and thinks that in the course of evolution, personal struggle is nothing but insignificant, and more importantly, the choice of environment is an external factor beyond the control of human beings, it is tantamount to betraying his will.

Just as Leiner was organizing language in his brain and preparing to argue with Baptist, the other side suddenly spoke.

"If I tell you that I can train organisms to some extent, so that they can actively evolve, can my theory be proved?"

"Active evolution?"

Lena was a bit of a surprise.

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