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    It is not the case that Drift is not a defensible force in the causalmechanistic sense

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    • 1.Two similar populations subject to identical selective pressures can yield opposite outcomes (one fixing trait T, the other fixing trait T')
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    • 2.The same setup explains both outcomes, just as the same coin-toss setup explains two heads in one series and four heads in another
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    • 3.If the same causal setup explains divergent outcomes, no additional cause or force called 'drift' is needed
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