From: John Beckett 

"Geo."  wrote in message
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> Oh you understood what I was saying? That's because evolution has direction,
> you recognize it why can't you admit it exists?

By my value judgement, a human is a much more interesting and generally
worthwhile organism than any bacteria. But I don't see any
"direction".

I suppose you could define "direction" as "evolving from
less to more complex form". Yes, as time passes, more complex
organisms arise. However, there is every reason to believe that if the
dinosaurs had not been wiped out, then intelligence as we know it would not
have evolved. I'm prepared to be less dogmatic about this speculation - it
is POSSIBLE that intelligence may not have evolved because it really
wouldn't do you much good in Dinosaur Park.

Therefore, there is no inevitable direction towards intelligence. Also, if
the Cuban Missile Crisis had led to a nuclear winter, all intelligent life
forms may have died. So it is possible that intelligence could be too smart
for its own good. Maybe in the long term, the bacteria really will have the
last laugh.

John

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