[lbo-talk] Re: lbo-talk Digest, Vol 18, Issue 17

[ravi]

On 06/02/05 16:23, Tommy Kelly wrote:
>
> There are no “accidents” in the process of evolution.  The reason
> fingers where developed – over time, of course – was because of some
> factor in the species environment; otherwise it would not have stood the
> test of time.
>

by "test of time" i presume you mean test of survival fitness? this
assumes that (a) evolution can proceed along all directions at all
times, (b) each feature (and the definition of feature is problematic in
itself) can evolve independently of others... i am afraid we may be
looping...

	--ravi