[Krimel] > Asking how a purposeless universe can evolve purposeful creatures is no > different than asking how an entityless universe can evolve entities. We > don't need to ask how it 'could' when we can look to the evidence and see > how it did. Entities that have the ability to access memory and use it as > a guide to the future are more likely to pass along their genes.
[Platt] So I take it your answer to how can a purposeless universe evolve purposeful creatures and how can an entityless universe evolve entities is "Don't ask." [Krimel] Not at all that is what biologists are doing. They are asking. If you were seriously interested you would be asking them and paying attention to their answers. [Platt] Also, I know of no evidence that answers the question of how "did" a purposeless universe evolve entities with a purpose to pass along their genes. So far as I know the beginning of life (the first life form) on earth is still a mystery to science with some theorizing it came from space. Have I missed a discovery? [Krimel] The evidence takes the form of the fossil record and the spectrum of creatures that share our planet. Evolution is the bedrock of biology, I would suggest E.O Wilson or Stephen Gould but Dawkins' early work in the Selfish Gene and Blind Watchmaker would be instructive as well. Regardless I would insist that anyone who does not understand evolutionary theory in today's world can not truly claim to be educated. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
