On: A Generation Lost in the Bazaar (2012)

[OtterCoder]

See, I've always seen the statement that evolution is intentionless to be a bit arrogant. Consciousness, as we are just starting to learn, is a property of emergent networks. Further, we are just starting to discover that phenotypical expression is so much more complex than 1/2mom + 1/2dad = baby. Evolution is calculating something, even if it's inscrutable to us.

[Noseshine → OtterCoder]

    > I've always seen the statement that evolution is intentionless to be a bit arrogant

Assuming intent without any proof is the by far more outrageous statement. I have no intention of entering any discussion based on "believe" though.