"P van Rijckevorsel" wrote in message ...
Keith Michaels schreef
But this has nothing to do with reality; if
you start with a random distribution over a large area the tendency of
one individual to move in one direction is compensated by other
individuals which backfill from nearby areas, assuming new individuals
of both orientations are being born randomly in all areas.

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It seems to me that assuming random distribution is assuming that the entire
world is flooded by a sea at a uniform depth, with water at a uniform (or at
least comparable) temperature, etc. Would certainly be the end of botany as
we know it!
PvR

Yep, PvR, good point. Imagine the earth as a beach ball hanging in a
busy paint shop for a number of years. The accumulated paints will
display a fruitcake pattern of varying areas randomly distributed from
nearly complete homogeniety to areas of single color dominance. Thus
it is with flora and fauna and the stones beneath. It is not far
fetched to say that upon this globe of ever shifting colors there have
been no occurences of simultaneity of required MatterXEnergy
circumstances for the sudden transformation of advanced lifeforms into
new forms. This is a challenging prospect, and only the Architect
knows these answers. Golden Apple 23 resides within the Matrix, and
science history buffs read the formulae.

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