[lbo-talk] Evolutionary theory is tautological

Charles Brown cbrown at michiganlegal.org
Fri Dec 23 07:11:54 PST 2005


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Charles Brown wrote:
>...There is nothing but matter
>and its mode of existence is _motion_ (i.e. ,not dead). So, there is
matter,
>substance, not form; yes, perhaps "bursting" all over the place.
>"Self-guided" in the sense that the motion follows laws or patterns
>that can be discovered.

If "motion follows laws or patterns," then it is anything but *formless*.

Shane Mage

^^^^ CB: OK, not formless. And not without substance either ?

Are you saying that its form changes , but its substance stays the same ?

I'm thinking Engels means that not only the form, but the substance changes. _Nothing_, no thing, stays the same forever. Only death is immortal.



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