From: John Beckett 

"Geo"  wrote in message
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> I don't think they can prove this. Evolution has a goal. Or more precisely,
> a direction from simpler to more complex, from weaker to stronger to
> intelligent.

I'm not going to repeat all the arguments from when this was last
discussed, but for posterity let me record that Evolution HAS NO GOAL.

It's extremely understandable for us to observe life and conclude that
something like humans is a goal or whatever. And humans ARE much more
clever and desirable (to us) than mosquitoes etc.

However, the vast majority of evolution has worked with bacteria and the
like. If being a good musician or a good typist is an indication of a
winner, then WE WIN. However, humans have evolved only as the extreme outer
edge of what is possible, given the circumstances. If events had not
removed the dinosaurs, humans would not exist.

John

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