Re: Survival of the Fittest: What was Darwin's pragmatics?



On Jun 30, 9:20 pm, Greg Guarino <gdguar...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 06:44:11 -0700, backspace

<sawireless2...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jun 29, 6:56 pm, hersheyhv <hersh...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
And a sieve (a dumb unintelligent environment) does not, in your
world, selectively retain items larger than the size of the holes?

That depends on your intent. It could mean that you pantheistically
view a sieve as actually having a mind

No, it categorically could not. Remember this bit: "a dumb
unintelligent environment"?

Dumb, blind, drunk or stupid environment. What is your intent with
these words? You tell me.





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