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Originally Posted by aelle  This is what I mean by the lack of purpose of the evolutionary process: species are not progressing towards an ideal state. |
Who said they were? But, surely they evolve to be more 'capable' (for want of a better term) of surviving in a particular environment.
E.g. if a species without fur is exposed to a climate which is gradually getting colder, then the species that grows fur will survive, and the ones that don't will die out. Every organism has an innate drive to live. That is its purpose.
Why do you think a dog seeks the shade when it gets too hot? It's not a random action. It has a purpose to it.
Why would a dog dive into water to save someone's life? Is that just a random, genetic mutation, or is it possible that something else could be at work - something outside of the blinkered, scientific, dissecting, microsope poring, laboratory paradigm?