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> DAVID: [i]I think evolution is over now, but I'm sure humans will not be here in a billion years, having destroyed ourselves.[/i]
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> dhw: [i]That doesn’t mean evolution is over now. You seem to think evolution means nothing but the production of humans! Evolution simply means that all life forms descend from earlier life forms, and we do not have a clue what life forms will exist in a billion years time.[/i]
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> DAVID: [i]The correct interpretation of what I have written is humans are here and evolution is over. Humans were the goal of evolution. Yes, all forms are descended from earlier forms by a totally unknown process.[/i]
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> You are of course entitled to your belief that humans were the goal of evolution and that every form (broad sense of species) that descended from earlier forms, plus every lifestyle and natural wonder extant and instinct, was specially designed by your God for that single purpose. However, I am delighted by your last sentence, as you are no longer insisting that your God either preprogrammed all those forms and lifestyles and wonders 3.8 billion years ago, or popped in to do a direct dabble. Recognition that certain things are “totally unknown” is the first step towards open-mindedness in relation to other hypotheses.