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Decisive

Decisive

1. Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive. A decisive, irrevocable doom. bates. Decisive campaign. Macaulay. Decisive proof.

2. Marked by promptness and decision. A noble instance of this attribute of the decisive character. (j. Foster)

Synonym: decided, positive, conclusive. See decided.

Decisively, Decisiveness.

Origin: cf. F. Decisif. See decision.


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... controls their lives. Now we are into politics, and the bullshit starts flying thick and fast, left and right. I pray to God neither side wins a decisive victory, because I think it's that chaotic struggle that really generates progress, just like biological evolution.

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... out of heredity. So, you confused the two things in nature, phenotype and phenotype-forming ability. I emphasize that " genes is not the only decisive factor on the phenotype," but you refute it as " the capacity to learn (the phenotype-forming ability) is itself determined by genetics," ...

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by robsabba
Mon Dec 07, 2009 5:54 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
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by wellalt
Mon Dec 07, 2009 1:41 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: About Physiological Darwinism:From Fitness to Optimality
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