Quote Originally Posted by Riverkilt View Post
In nature, species evolve by breaking rules...

Inventors advance science by breaking then known rules...

One rule not to mess with is the thing about posession of eagle feathers by non-Native Americans in the U.S. Relplica eagle feathers work well for that situation where the rule deserves respect both of the culture and the law.

Rpm
Ron,

I have to respectfully disagree...species evolve to better accommodate themselves to the "rules"--the laws of nature...such as survival of the fittest, etc.. When a change occurs in a species that does indeed break the rules, it is a "mutation" and almost 99% of all mutations end up as "Don'ts".... and fatal Don'ts at that.

Similarly with science. Science is built on the work of previous science and scientists and they all must conform to the rules of...physics, nature, etc.. When they don't, the theories inevitably turn out to be a dead end.

I do understand about eagle feathers...that's the reason I cited them.