The following has been whirling in my brain for some time. I believe that
the study and attempts of predicting our weather is a much simpler problem
than the study and attempts of predictions one can make in evolutionary
theory. It is well-known that the study of our weather leads to
deterministic chaos, via the Lorenz equation and the so-called butterfly
effect. Now, why doesn't the same occur in any theory that attempts to
predict the outcome from natural selection and random mutations? In
particular, why can't two totally different species, say a gnat and man, be
the evolved outcome of a common entity in the past? In addition, why should
two species that are close in DNA space now be considered to have evolved
from the same entity in the past? I believe that such complex systems are
chaotic and attempts of predictions are totally baseless. Also, working
backwards in time is useless and arbitrary. Moorad
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