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It's completely erroneous to think that nature "intends" anything. That would require intellect (at least a little), and that's only within brains, to the best
by Elrac 12y ago
It's completely erroneous to think that nature "intends" anything. That would require intellect (at least a little), and that's only within brains, to the best of our knowledge.
Things happen, in evolution and elsewhere, when random chance and external pressures come together.
- fecklessyouth 12y agoI don't mean "nature" as an explanation for action, as in your second line, but as a guide for it. The context in the article uses it in the guiding sense. My point is that the article uses "nature" in a very short-sighted and artificial sense. I do think that discussion of "nature" can be part of a broader teleology for human action, but that's obviously not what the author is attempted.