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To: Doctor Stochastic
At this point you are already making assumptions that evolutionary theory explicitly does not make. Evolutionary theory isn't teleological.

Everything about evolution that I have ever heard is teleological. What do you suppose "survival of the fittest" is supposed to be fit?

1,028 posted on 02/26/2003 8:58:26 PM PST by unspun (Don't think of a pink rhinoserous.)
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To: Doctor Stochastic
What do you suppose "survival of the fittest" is supposed to be fit?

It is all supposed to be about the purpose of adaptation being for better survival of the conditions of life on Earth.

(Kindly suggest you don't beg the question by suggesting a disctintion of whether a purpose is "ultimate" or "destiny" or not.)

1,029 posted on 02/26/2003 9:04:07 PM PST by unspun (Don't think of a pink rhinoserous.)
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