[papertyger]

Nope. Adaptation to environmental differences, and evolving from nothing are not the same thing.

Precisely.

The built-in air conditioner's ability to alter the internal environment of a car is not the same thing as evolving a trailer.

[ifinnegan]

“Adaptation to environmental differences, and evolving from nothing are not the same thing.”

Actually they are the same thing (assuming “from nothing” you mean from non-living matter).