Evolution ( was Re: virus: Re:sociological change)

From: David McFadzean (david@lucifer.com)
Date: Sun Dec 29 1996 - 22:37:04 MST

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> From: Alex Williams <thantos@decatl.alf.dec.com>
> Date: Sunday, December 29, 1996 4:23 PM

> complaints, evolution is largely random; it has to be. No one, no
> process, can literally tell the future.

I agree that evolution is unpredictable but that doesn't mean it is
random. Evolution is comprised of the twin processes of variation
and selection; only the variation is (apparently) random.

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