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To: cebadams
So your analogy implies that natural selection works within a family but only if there is intelligent design.

You mean only if there is a system that makes the selection. It could be an intelligent designer, as in the case of software. Or it could be the system of natural selection, in which the environment does the 'selecting'.

Of course, there's no reason a 'god' couldn't manipulate the environment to create the species he/she/it wanted. That's possible.

And as for computerized vacuum cleaners -- ironically, that's the newest, biggest push in the software industry. 'Smart' appliances. So far, the environment hasn't selected any of the products for success. But software developers are desperately looking for ways to use imbedded systems in household appliances!!

If the environment were to 'select' a computerized vacuum cleaner, the industry would build it today.

19 posted on 07/24/2002 11:16:59 AM PDT by Dominic Harr
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To: Dominic Harr
You mean only if there is a system that makes the selection. It could be an intelligent designer, as in the case of software. Or it could be the system of natural selection, in which the environment does the 'selecting'.

Or it could be the system of un-natural selection, in which mega bucks and market dominance are leveraged to favor certain selections. Evolution doesn't necessarily result in the "best" selection.

20 posted on 07/24/2002 2:32:08 PM PDT by cebadams
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