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> How does it maintain random events and adapt to a non random world at 
> the same time?

There is no contradiction - the world contains both predictable and
unpredictable elements.  Organisms also contain both predictable and 
unpredictable elements.

> Can it continue to be random through 4 billion years of adapting to a NON
> random environment?

Yes - and has done so.  "Non-random" is not a synonym for "contains no
random elements".  The universe has predictable elements - but also
unpredictable ones - events that the laws of physics say that no
embedded observer can reliably predict.

Substantial elements of morphology are effectively down to chance.
Quite often, whenever you see a chiral object, there's a good chance that 
the origin of the chirality is down to a chance historical event -
resulting in a genetic change which has subsequently reached fixation - 
and is subsequently preserved by selection.



TH
Ah but here's the rub. What part is random what part is non random.?
By suggesting some parts are non-random you have put a hole in the dike of
current evolutionary thought - and it can lead to IMO an important incite into
life.

I also ask this:
could the random part be an adaptation - thus part of natural selection and
thus ultimately somewhat non-random in its adaptation to the non random
environment?
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