• kevin
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    21 hours ago

    Species don’t evolve to solve a problem, they evolve randomly and sometimes that solves a problem for them.

    Eh… they mutate randomly, and then selection acts. If there is variation that solves a problem, selection will promote that variation.

    Evolution is very much not random, it is a direct consequence of variation and selection. This does not mean that they evolve to solve problems, but problems often drive evolution.