On 5/1/05, Jim Armstrong <jarmstro@qwest.net> wrote:
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> Iain, re the last sentence, I think that might be where the immensity of the universe comes into play. JimA
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> Not quite sure what you mean here, you'll have to help me I once saw a
kind of ID argument about the scale of the universe being as it is to
support life, but I can't remember the details. Are you saying that a huge
universe has something to do with smoothing out the "fitness surface" (ie
avoiding cliffs) which has to be explored in the evolutionary process? If so
can you elucidate what it is about the scale that makes evolution possible?
Iain
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