> Reread the section in "Darwin's Dangerous Idea." "Good Tricks" is indeed
> independent of humans, and refers to naturalistic "engineering"
> achievements that keep recurring simply because they give good bang for
OK, I stand corrected.
> the buck in evolutionary design-space. "Laws of the universe" implies
> that there are mystical forces outside of, but directing, objective
> reality. And I know no one here would want that!
I don't think "laws of the universe" implies mystical forces any more
that it implies the existence of a universal law-maker.
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