(March 14, 2014 at 9:03 am)Esquilax Wrote: On the one hand, congrats on actually knowing that convergent evolution exists, there are a lot of theists who don't, and don't care that they don't.
On the other, I sure do wish you had a better understanding of it. Convergent evolution doesn't demonstrate that specific evolutionary targets are being aimed for, you've got that ass backwards. What it shows is that certain bodily forms are versatile and useful in multiple situations. This isn't evidence that the wolf "form" is being aimed at, but that it's a useful body type to have.
Aside from being similar, there's no connection between the two. They just evolved toward a more "correct" shape for their settings, that happened to be similar.
Now that you understand it better, do you still think this?
I never claimed that evolution isn't blind because it is aiming. I am claiming that evolution isn't blind because it is guided. There is a big difference.