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To: cornelis

There is no "ideal order" in evolution, it doesn't have a teleological purpose. It's a mechanism.


127 posted on 07/23/2006 1:48:16 PM PDT by stands2reason (ANAGRAM for the day: Socialist twaddle == Tact is disallowed)
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To: stands2reason
There is no "ideal order" in evolution, it doesn't have a teleological purpose. It's a mechanism.

Yes, that's why I disagree with the article. There's nothing inherently liberal or conservative about evolution. It's just a fact of nature, and I really don't see how this fact supports one political philosophy or another.

133 posted on 07/23/2006 1:53:07 PM PDT by curiosity
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To: stands2reason
Science doesn't exclude teleology in general and there is some idea of order in the concept of "natural selection" and "survival of the fittest." But see #122.

In any case, so far we have two votes against the article.

140 posted on 07/23/2006 1:56:44 PM PDT by cornelis
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