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'Progress' would seem to require that not just evolutionary processes but the existence of life had to do with a purpose or plan. And whence this plan, or goal? Now, it may well be true; there may exist a higher purpose of life in the universe. But it's not really the sort of question that one can answer with biology, I think.
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There are those sea creatures that start out free floating animals only to latch onto substrates and "digest" their brains living from then on as filter feeders. I certainly loathe the incorrect assumption of the ever upward ladder of evolution. You are preaching to the choir to use a very bad expression as an atheist. ;)
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Notice the implications for THS sex bio-roids? |
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I guess it depends on what you mean by "works out better" too. Human intelligence seems to have done all right for us. Of course, other strategies worked well too. Some animals haven't changed much for millions of years. But we've also hunted a number of larger, tougher species to or near extinction. I guess intelligence won't really be "proven" until it gets our species through some cataclysm nothing else could like a planetary extinction event?
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