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Originally posted by Lumpy
I believe that you are quite wrong. If something is random then it has no structure, purpose, correlation, pattern etc. But if you give me something random, I could pick out something with a definite pattern. For example if you give a million randomly selected integers, I could pick out all the even ones and throw away the rest. Then it becomes highly structured and not at all random.
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No. Now you're confusing random with chaotic.
How's this for another visual aid? Let's say that X is a random number between 1 and 10, okay? Now, 5 is a very non-random number, no? But what is X + 5?
Answer: It's a random number between 6 and 15, i.e. a random number.
Evolution = random mutations + natural selection. At the end of the day, the new species that has emerged as a result of evolution is as much a product of a random mutation as are all the poor sods who were born with no eyes. The fact that they were born with
extra eyes instead is just a stroke of good fortune.