From: Jonathan B. Marder (jonathan.marder@newmail.net)
Date: Sun Aug 17 2003 - 06:43:55 BST
Scott, Steve (+ PS to David B.,
Steve
>> I believe evolution is the best model of any kind of reality.
>> MOQ layers are a good summary of just such a reality IMHO - stable layers
>> building dynamically on layers over many generations.
>> I see no conflict or paradox between MOQ and Darwin.
Scott
>You seem to be equating "Darwinism" with "evolution". Darwinism is
evolution
>by chance and natural selection. I reject that (and I think the MOQ does
>too). Quality is not chance.
I strongly disagree with Scott - he needs to be careful where he puts the
word "chance" in the above sentence. Darwinian evolution proceeds by
mutation and selection. The mutation part has a random direction - or as I
have said before, its only direction is AWAY from what came before. However,
selection has a very definite direction - towards greater survivability, or
to put it in quality terms, towards BETTERNESS.
Jonathan
To David B. Platypus No. : At what MoQ level do you place the pattern of
evolution?
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