causation (Introduction)

by romansh , Friday, June 06, 2014, 01:51 (3824 days ago) @ David Turell


> > Rom:Who or what is requiring a specified result? 
> > Would a roulette wheel count as an event not requiring a specified result?
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> Yes.
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> > Rom: I am not familiar with Gould ... though I have heard his name a mentioned in connection with punctuated equilibrium. Disagree with the term equilibrium, the environment is definitely nowhere near equilibrium, but I understand his point.
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> Then you agree with Gould that we are here by accident?-Accident? A consequence more like. A result. Serendipity rather than accidental.
But accident works too.-I think evolution is a process that does not require a specified result.