On 12/14/06, Charles D Hixson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
To speak of evolution as being "forward" or "backward" is to impose upon it our own preconceptions of the direction in which it *should* be changing. This seems...misguided.
IMHO Evolution tends to increase extropy and self-organisation. Thus there is direction to evolution. There is no direction to the random mutations, or direction to the changes within an individual - only to the system of evolving agents. -- -Joel "Unless you try to do something beyond what you have mastered, you will never grow." -C.R. Lawton ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?list_id=303
