[extropy-chat] More on Evolution

[Mike Lorrey]

--- Trend Ologist <trendologist at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> If snakes are a form of 'backward evolution', then so
> too could hominids eventually regress, which means
> flaws do exist in the framework.

It is a mistake to assume that evolutions only goal is to produce
higher and more complex forms of life. Evolutions goal is to fill as
many possible niches as is possible in any possible ecosystem. There is
no 'ascent' of species, there is no permanent equilibria or meta-stability.

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Mike Lorrey
Chairman, Free Town Land Development
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                         -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
Blog: http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=Sadomikeyism


		
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