Re: Darwin, Evolution, the Animal Kingdom, and Man

From: patty (pattyNO_at_SPAMicyberspace.net)
Date: 11/19/04 

Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 17:44:03 GMT

The Ram wrote:
> lesterDELzick@worldnet.att.net (Lester Zick) wrote in message news:<418fc64b.931117@netnews.att.net>...
>
>>Opposing this view we have canonical proclamations declaring man is
>>above the animals as the result of a special act of divine creation.
>>Now, this is obviously just a mythopoetic religious attempt to explain
>>the differences between man and animal. However, what few if any
>>recognize is that Darwinian natural selection fails to explain those
>>differences or even address them.
>>
>
> You fail to point the third way: directed evolution by another
> intelligent species. The myth can be taken literally to some extent,
> ie, we were created by the gods from animals, to their image, (maybe
> from a suitable species?). Evolution, but directed by the gods... it
> fits both explanations well. And explains the legends too.

AI is another class of directed evolution by another species.

patty

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