Quoting Krimel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Platt, > > It is really curious to see you flailing around with this kind of thing. > Sometimes you speak of things evolving. You point out that Pirsig buys into > a version of it and if Bob said it, it must be so. Then you obviously spent > some time thinking about the matter. > > So if you think the theory is full of holes. How do you account for it? Are > you buying Johnson and Behe's divine intervention?
First, I'm not the only one who thinks Darwinian theory is full of holes. Many smarter than me believe it leaves much to be desired. Second, I do not believe evolution occurs through divine intervention. Third, I think Pirsig is on to something with his natural force that pulls the universe as we know it towards greater versatility and freedom. I consider this to be a "life force" on a par with other types of physical energies. I buy the idea that this force is represented to us as consciousness. Now how all this works to evolve new species and such I leave to the experts. I notice in Wikipedia that there are various developments in evolutionary theory such as symbiogenesis, evo-devo, neo-structuralism, eusociality, horizontal gene transfer and who knows what else, suggesting to me that the theory is far from settled or complete. So if I'm "flailing around" I'm in good company. To put it in the postmodern vernacular, "My mind is set on keeping an open mind." ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ 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/
