> Maybe it will turn out that evolution toward
> "higher"
> forms of life just doesn't have a cause.
Evolution does not tend toeards "higher" forms of life, whatever those are. It tends to towards successful adaaption. The most successful adaptations appear to be microvbes. The idea that ebolution is progrsdsive in sone sense in a 19th century myth -- not shared, incidenrallt, by Darwin. This is bio 101, Sj Gould explained it a million times.
Maybe it is
> its own law, like gravitational attraction. Nobody
> tries to figure out a mechanism of gravitation
> (though
> Newton tried) -- it's just there, a mathematical
> relation describing correlations of quantity of
> acceleration, vector of motion, distance between
> bodies and mass.
Soeey, Chris, the general theory of relativity does explain the "mechanism" of gravitation. Toyr understanding here is a littkle under 100 years begind thew timews. For a relatively easy introduction, try Russell's The ABC of Relativity/
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