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> natural selection is very much not random Except where punctuated by (subjective) catastrophe. But then it is not the mechanism of evolution itself that is

• prerok 3y ago
  Well, it's never random, is it? It's only random when all is equal, otherwise it's biased. That's why it works. Consider birds. There was a good article a few days back, on why only non-toothed birds survived. Until the meteor-strike, 65M years ago, all was equal and they survived along-side. Until they were the only survivors.
  • heresie-dabord 3y ago
    The asteroid that created the Chicxulub impact came from a rather random location but had a deterministic effect given where it struck. And here we are, with beaked birds. ^_^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicxulub_crater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicxulub_crater