Van:	Integral World [newsletter@integralworld.net]
Verzonden:	vrijdag 23 maart 2012 21:06
Aan:	f.visser3@upcmail.nl
Onderwerp:	[personal] Paradoxes of Evolution

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Newsletter Nr. 393
Amsterdam, March 23th, 2012


SOME PARADOXES OF EVOLUTION - FRANK VISSER

We have published a lot about evoluton on Integral World in the past few 
years—albeit unsystematically and mostly in response to Wilber's statements on 
the subject. Some essential questions about evolution need to be addressed, 
that have at least me struck me as puzzling or contraditory.

For example, can we legitimately speak of "progress" in evolution? And if so, 
why is it that some organisms evolve towards greater complexity and some 
don't? Why do organisms evolve at all? From a different angle, why are there 
still ancient species or even phyla around, such as amphibians and reptiles or 
fish? And the biggest question of all: what drives evolution—if anything at 
all? Is evolution in the end really only a matter of strife and struggle?

Read more:
http://www.integralworld.net/visser47.html


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