On 24/09/2008, at 4:27 AM, Jon Louis Mann wrote: >>> Charlie may correct me, but I think I recall him >> stating that there >>> is no teleology in evolution. > > which is why I am an atheist... > >> If I did, I was paraphrasing much greater thinkers than I. >> But yes. >> Evolution is a drunken walk. Or a moth in a disco. >> Charlie. > > Teleology: > 1. The study of design or purpose in natural phenomena. > > 2. The use of ultimate purpose or design as a means of explaining > phenomena. > > 3. Belief in or the perception of purposeful development toward an > end, as > in nature or history.
Yes, most of us know what teleology is. Why did you post a definitition of teleology in response to my descriptions of evolution as non-teleological? Charlie. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
