[MD] Distinguishing Levels (Individual level)

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Peter Corteen <psigenics at googlemail.com>:

> Hi Platt,
> 
> you said: Thus, it [evolution] switched from making bigger and bigger
> reptiles to creating
> bigger and bigger brains.
> 
> You seem to credit evolution with intelligence and intention; on the other
> hand you might have just been typing quick!

I credit evolution with the same drive that Pirsig does, the drive towards
betterness. After the dinosaurs got wiped by an errant meteor, it was better to
develop brains so if it happened again, life could escape. 

Just a theory. But no worse than Al Gore's. :-)

Regards,
Platt


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