>Neo-Darwinism does not postulate a "normal, bottom-up" pathway, as far as I
>know. There *is* no "normal" pathway in Neo-Darwinism. In fact, *if* there
>is such a bottom-up pathway, and *if* it is followed, that is merely good
>luck (probably involving a slowly-changing environment).
and the clean, smooth unidirectional nature of it would be more indicative
of a designer than evolution. Evolution is messy and opportunistic.
Susan
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For if there is a sin against life, it consists not so much in despairing
of life as in hoping for another and in eluding the implacable grandeur of
this one.
--Albert Camus
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