Re: Stephen J Gould and progres

From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lcrocker@calweb.com)
Date: Wed Jan 08 1997 - 18:51:27 MST


> Advanced life is very hard to explain by mere random selection.

1) "Selection" is not random, by definition. Mutation is random.
  Selection is precise, immediate, and brutal.

2) I don't find it difficult to understand at all. I think the
  best explanation I have read so far is Dawkins' _Blind Watchmaker_.



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