Baptiste raised an eyebrow slightly, and he motioned for Elimia to speak, wanting to hear what the mage's apprentice could say.

"Mr. Baptiste, these creatures are so wonderful that I have never seen or heard of them in the main plane."

Rather than express her opinion directly, Arimia made a detour.

"According to the theory of use-in-use, the harsh environment of the Erasmus half-plane has caused these creatures to have to evolve mechanisms to adapt to the environment in order to survive, but I have a question, why do all rainforest falcons evolve oil-rich feathers, why do all land fish have strong fins and special gills, how can these creatures be so homogeneous because they are not very intelligent?"

Hearing Arymia's words, Reiner bowed slightly, although this girl had only recently come into contact with the theory of the necromancy, her mind was very flexible, and she soon realized that the evolution of living things did not go in one direction.

"Is there a possibility that these creatures have evolved different coping mechanisms in response to the special environment of Erasmus, but some of them have been gradually eliminated over the years because they are not perfect, and what we finally see in front of us is the rainforest falcon and the land fish."

After Arimia finished speaking, she stole a glimpse of Reiner's expression, and couldn't help but feel a little uneasy when she saw that the headmaster didn't say a word.

"You mean, the environment doesn't act as a motivator for these creatures, but as a filter?"

Agnes quickly teased out the meaning of Elimia's words and turned the sensual language into a theoretical elaboration.

"I think so, Ms. Wildfield."

Arimia nodded.

"Indeed, if we look at the results alone, the theory of entry and waste can perfectly explain the remaining organisms, but if we consider those that have not survived, this theory seems to be limited and there is a certain error."

Agnes fell into thought, and on the other side, Edgar looked at all this with cold eyes, he did not express his opinion, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his deep eyes.

"It's called survivorship bias."

Reiner spoke suddenly, causing everyone to look at him.

"Survivor...... What the? ”

Jane felt that she didn't hear clearly, and she thought that Reiner's pronunciation might be "biased", but she had never seen the word before, so she subconsciously thought that she was missing something.

"Survivorship bias is a mathematical theory."

Reiner explained that he didn't care if the theory had been proposed before.

"It's like a certain area of the sea, where ships are often shipwrecked and sunk, and after inspecting the returning ships, they find that the port side of these ships has great wear and tear, so they think that reinforcing the port side can effectively prevent accidents."

His explanation was fairly easy to understand, and Arimia quickly realized that something was wrong.

"However, the ship that really had the accident had already sunk, and the problems on the ships that were able to return should not be the main factor."

"Correct."

Reiner smiled and looked at the group.

"This is survivorship bias, which refers to the fact that people can only see the results obtained after some kind of screening and use this as a standard for speculation, but ignore the process of this screening, so that the conclusions obtained are not true, and there is another simpler and more straightforward expression of this theory, which is that 'dead people don't speak'."

After a slight pause, Reiner continued.

"To apply the current situation, the theory of advance and waste only takes into account the evolution of organisms that survived the special weather of the Erasmus halfplane, but ignores the evolution of those species that have not survived in this halfplane."

This remark made Arimia feel suddenly enlightened, and before, she had only vaguely felt this way, but she could not refine the thoughts contained in it, but now it was only after Reiner's explanation that she suddenly realized.

At the same time, Elemia also realized that Reiner, who could master such a theory, could not fail to think of the law between this and biological evolution, and Reiner must have taken into account the doubts he said!

Is he waiting for himself to realize?

Arimia looked at Reiner with a little confusion, and he glanced at the land fish swimming in the water, and then continued.

"I think that when we consider the evolution of species, we should not only look at the characteristics of the species that have survived to this day, but also look for the characteristics of those extinct species that have been lost in the long river of history, and compare them to get the right answer."

Reiner's words are somewhat direct, which is to say that Baptiste's conclusions have obvious problems, and after such a discussion, Baptiste's theory of advance and waste has been completely overturned, at least in the process of explaining the evolution of species, it lacks much convincing power.

People are waiting for Baptiste's explanation.

Baptiste remained silent, and when he saw that all eyes were on him, he spoke.

"It's true that the theory of entry and waste does not play a key role in the evolution of species, but I still think that it is the cause of biological evolution."

He said, his face as usual.

"Take the land fish as an example, due to the dry season in the Irazmas half-plane, a large number of rain lakes will disappear, and the number of organisms in the water will decrease sharply, so the land fish must land on the shore to continue to survive, which has prompted it to evolve strong fins that can move on land, as well as special gills, but not all land fish can evolve like this in the first place, those land fish that fail to evolve in time will die because of this, we can say that environmental screening is the reason why the species appears today, But whether or not it can evolve into an appearance suitable for the illusion still depends on the creature itself. ”

The core of Baptiste's theory is already obvious, that is, the belief that the will plays a dominant role in the evolutionary process and is capable of overcoming all resistance.

This is also the view that the mages have adhered to for a long time, as long as they have the will to advance, then they can change themselves, continue to improve, and continue to become stronger.

If Baptiste rejects this view, believing that in the process of evolution, the struggle of the individual is only insignificant, and more importantly, the choice of the environment, which is external and beyond the control of man, would be tantamount to turning his back on his own will.

Just as Reiner was organizing the language in his head, ready to debate with Baptiste, the other party suddenly spoke.

"If I tell you that I can train living beings to some degree so that they can evolve on their own, can my theory be proven?"

"Active evolution?"

Reiner was a bit of a surprise.

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