>> The most important component of evolution is death
I appreciate the concept. And this has the fun of sounding morbid. But this is a bit like saying the most imoprant part of an ICE is a piston which is silly because a piston needs a confined space and a good fuel to operate. It doesn't work without all three (and more).
In this case a mechanism of genetic change is equally (or more important in a way) to evolution than death. Death is obviously very important though.
I appreciate the concept. And this has the fun of sounding morbid. But this is a bit like saying the most imoprant part of an ICE is a piston which is silly because a piston needs a confined space and a good fuel to operate. It doesn't work without all three (and more).
In this case a mechanism of genetic change is equally (or more important in a way) to evolution than death. Death is obviously very important though.