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To: ahhaha who wrote (7703)	3/13/2006 4:43:57 PM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24758

It is something I heard Stephen Jay Gould say a dozen times. Evolution doesn't have a goal or direction.

To: ahhaha who wrote (7703)	3/15/2006 2:15:19 AM
From: frankw1900	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 24758

Are not error and culture a field addititive to "the arbitrary application of natural conditions"? There is still the arbitrary application of unintended consequences. For example, does democracy affect the switching on and off of some genes during embryonic development? Are resulting somatic and intellectual changes heritable? I won't bet against it. Darwin's evolution doesn't deal with and can't be directly applied to intelligent species, because intelligence precludes the arbitrary application of natural conditions. Get it? That's a big problem for advanced species. Intelligence doesn't grant immunity to changes in natural conditions. The arbitrary application of natural conditions to intelligent species will be the subject of scientific enquiry soon. We're going off planet and I suspect human evolution there will accelerate - it's a very dangerous niche.