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Is evolution by natural selection deterministic or random?

• s1artibartfast 6y ago
  Both. Evolution by natural selection is composed of several processes and events, some of which are random, some of which are deterministic.
  • dalbasal 6y ago
    ...That was an example in a context re: free will. Determinism vs randomness dichotomy. Evolution is not distinctly either, which is my point.
    • s1artibartfast 6y ago
      Free will, by definition, can be neither deterministic or random, which is very different.