> Isn't there at least one, however vaguely defined purpose to
> evolution: success?
No. Purpose presupposes intent. There is no intent in the
happenstance that some of a set of erroneously self-replicated
machines survive and self-replicate better than others.
We attribute intent to other systems through a mechanism that is a
metaphorical extension of a quality we perceive in ourselves.
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