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photon · 03-20-2008, 07:42 PM

Any given evolutionary change's purpose is driven by the selection that drove it. Cheetahs run fast because their prey runs fast. Prey runs fast because cheetahs run fast, it's a biological arms race.

Evolution isn't random because natural selection is the opposite of random. Genetic mutations are random, and those are the seeds which natural selection uses (without changes to the genome there would be nothing for natural selection to work with), but natural selection is definitely not random.

03-20-2008, 07:42 PM	#78
photon The new goggles also do nothing. Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Calgary Exp:	Any given evolutionary change's purpose is driven by the selection that drove it. Cheetahs run fast because their prey runs fast. Prey runs fast because cheetahs run fast, it's a biological arms race. Evolution isn't random because natural selection is the opposite of random. Genetic mutations are random, and those are the seeds which natural selection uses (without changes to the genome there would be nothing for natural selection to work with), but natural selection is definitely not random. __________________ Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.