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Farmer-Rick

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5. Not so sure how random it is

Reply to paleotn (Reply #2)

Sat May 11, 2024, 10:17 AM

May 2024

There is the excerting force of evolution on it. Evolution is not random; it is based on reproduction of surviving DNA.

But I get your point. It is amazing what can happen in the span of billions of years. We are but a speck in the scheme of the universe.

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