<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>On Sep 17, 2015, at 5:01 PM, Adrian Tymes <<a href="mailto:atymes@gmail.com">atymes@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><p dir="ltr">On Sep 17, 2015 4:27 PM, "Dan" <<a href="mailto:danust2012@gmail.com">danust2012@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Not designed! Evolved. It's an important difference.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Designed by evolution. Close enough in this context.</p></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Design presumes a goal and a standard to judge the organism (or whatever) against. It also reifies "evolution." Evolution truly is merely the record of what happens -- not a being that acts and has plans it's working according to.</div><div><br></div><div>You might as well say, too, that humans "designed" to deal with big cat predators so we should have lions roaming freely in our cities. </div><div><br></div><div><div><font size="3"><span style="line-height: 20px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);">Regards,</span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="line-height: 20px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><br></span></font></div><div><div><font size="3"><span style="line-height: 20px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);">Dan</span></font></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 13pt;"> Sample my Kindle books via:</span></div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dan-Ust/e/B00J6HPX8M/" target="_blank" style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 13pt;">http://www.amazon.com/Dan-Ust/e/B00J6HPX8M/</a></div></div></div></body></html>