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... alter itself , for instance by learning new skills or reorganizing itself so as to make new behaviors possible ; it may alter the environment ; it may with- draw from the environment and seek a more favorable one ; or it may alter E ...
... alter itself , for instance by learning new skills or reorganizing itself so as to make new behaviors possible ; it may alter the environment ; it may with- draw from the environment and seek a more favorable one ; or it may alter E ...
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... altered only by mutations . Lamarck appears to have been wrong in suggesting that the ordinary experience of the system can alter heredity . 39 Information inputs from the envi- ronment , however , can affect such processes in a sys ...
... altered only by mutations . Lamarck appears to have been wrong in suggesting that the ordinary experience of the system can alter heredity . 39 Information inputs from the envi- ronment , however , can affect such processes in a sys ...
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... alter their procedures in a comparable way , often very slowly . HYPOTHESIS 3.3.5.2-2 : A system associates a given strain within it with actions which relieve it , so that such a strain comes to elicit the motor acts . ( L ) This is ...
... alter their procedures in a comparable way , often very slowly . HYPOTHESIS 3.3.5.2-2 : A system associates a given strain within it with actions which relieve it , so that such a strain comes to elicit the motor acts . ( L ) This is ...
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