Agreed. There is a tendency to write about evolution as if creatures evolve in order to achieve some purposeful goal. Yudkowsky's "An Alien God" talks about th

Agreed. There is a tendency to write about evolution as if creatures evolve in order to achieve some purposeful goal. Yudkowsky's "An Alien God" talks about this: http://lesswrong.com/lw/kr/an_alien_god/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/kr/an_alien_god/