RE: Richard Dawkin's big blunder
March 24, 2014 at 9:38 pm
(This post was last modified: March 24, 2014 at 9:42 pm by Mudhammam.)
That is largely the point of the selfish gene theory and his formulation of memes.
Natural selection homes in on targets because it's an eliminative process. But it's still blind in that it does not plan for the future. That's his point. There's no designer beyond physical law. And it's not an intelligent process as brilliant as it may appear to us.
(March 24, 2014 at 9:37 pm)Heywood Wrote:(March 24, 2014 at 9:25 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: You're misunderstanding Dawkins' point. Evolution is blind in that nature doesn't foresee the effects that physical laws have... At least that is until consciousness emerges.
Negative.....Dawkins was claiming Evolution doesn't home in on targets like his demonstration did.
Natural selection homes in on targets because it's an eliminative process. But it's still blind in that it does not plan for the future. That's his point. There's no designer beyond physical law. And it's not an intelligent process as brilliant as it may appear to us.
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