Re: Ool - out at first base?

I didn't want to include this in my main response as it's a secondary
issue, a personal viewpoint which could be diversionary from the main
arguments here.

Unlike those arguing from a purely scientific perspective, I believe
there is an underlying teleological element to OOL and evolution.
Unlike you, however, I don't think it involves God fiddling with
things like the precursors to your first protocell; I believe it is a
force that encourages natural processes to bring life into existence
and evolve it to the level of human awareness that we have now (a big
nod to Teilhard de Chardin).

I like to think of think of the teleological drive as an external
force acting in a similar way to gravity acting on a river, causing it
to ever flow downwards towards the sea. Gravity does not determine the
specific course of the river, the water simply responds to the terrain
that it meets I think it is the same with biological life which may
appear to evolve in a random way but it's not just random; it is life
driven in a general direction and just responding to the environment
it meets on the way, no need for a designer planning or directing its
course.
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