Re: progress in evolution

Cliff Lundberg (cliff@noe.com)
Fri, 04 Jun 1999 00:08:02 -0700

Rich Daniel wrote:

>Another example of decreasing complexity is the evolution of blind cave
>fish.

The trick is to find examples of increasing complexity that are equally
indisputable. As William Bateson remarked in 1914:

>In spite of seeming perversity, therefore, we have to admit that
>there is no evolutionary change which in the present state of our
>knowledge we can positively declare to be not due to loss.

Cliff Lundberg ~ San Francisco ~ cliff@noe.com