To me, Nature is the history and current status of what's happened and is happening on this sphere of rock orbiting our star. That does not imbue it with any sort of plan or direction. As far as Life, I'm in agreement with Dick in that any evolutionary changes are the result of chance and the math concerning the degree of success at passing heritable traits to the next generation. -- Randy Oliver Grass Valley, CA www.ScientificBeekeeping.com *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html