From: Dave 

On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 20:43:33 -0400, "Geo" 
wrote in message :

| 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. As intelligence has become the leading goal I
think the next | will probably be life span (because the longer one lives
the more knowledge | they can attain) or genetic memory. |
| Anyway, it should be obvious that evolution doesn't just pick random | directions.

No, it only appears that way after the fact.

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