From: John Beckett 

Adam  wrote in message
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> Possibly no goal. However if you consider the layers of chaos &
> organization which permeate from the infintesimally small to the
> infintesimally large then it strikes on that nature & it's corollary
> evolution is an organizing force just like gravity or inter-atomic
> forces etc.

Well, yes. It's true that evolution is a principle that, as you said, given
the right energy and materials will lead to organisation.

However, the suggestion that evolution has a "purpose" or similar
is wrong. Humans are the result of lots of extremely unlikely events. These
events occurred because of the enormous number of trials that were
performed (so the low probability was overcome by rolling the dice
sufficiently often). One way of looking at the situation is to say that if
you waited long enough you would be sure to get something roughly like
humans. Even if true, that proposition is no more profound than saying that
if you deal the cards sufficiently often you will get a perfect hand.

John

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