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If I am reading that page of their material correctly, the M of VP is
addressing 'chance' _at the genetic level_ as being only part of the
story of how 'evolution happens'.
Descent through modification operates at the level of population
groups. At that level, 'selection' is also chance- and
coincident-driven.
But epistemologically speaking (the human consciousness issue at hand)
chance versus plan does seem to be the Big Issue.
-Kevin
On Jun 10, 2005, at 10:53 AM, Susan Timberlake wrote:
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> From Berkeley's wonderful "Understanding Evolution" site
> <http://evolution.berkeley.edu/>
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> "Misconception: “Evolution means that life changed ‘by chance.’ ”
> Response: Chance is certainly a factor in evolution, but there are
> also non-random evolutionary mechanisms. Random mutation is the
> ultimate source of genetic variation, however natural selection, the
> process by which some variants survive and others do not, is not
> random.... To say that evolution happens “by chance” ignores half of
> the picture."
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