RE: Evolutionary tangent

SCHLAUER@chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de
Wed, 19 Jun 1996 13:16:06

Dear Ken,

> Although I am not certain that I was attempting to bring up our own version
> of the "Monkey Trials" to this list, I must admit that the ability of these
> plants to develop such intricate mechanisms for catching their prey has,
> more than a few times, caused me to marvel at the possibility of an
> incredibly creative "Creator" involved in these designs.

To construct an evolutionary theory does not mean to reduce the
admiration of nature's "creativity" but it is rather a scientific
way of appreciation.

> Wether
> accomplished in a few thousand years, or a few billion, or even in the
> "blink of an eye", it is of no real matter of importance.

Well, that's very generous of you but I am afraid that it in fact
*does* matter if we ask *how* these plants could evolve (/"be
created").

> What truly matters is that they exist

Yes, inter alia. I think that it also matters how they came here.

> ... and we (humankind) have been entrusted
> (wether by a Creator, or by "natural selection") with their care &
> protection to maintain that existence.

Nobody has entrusted us with this job. It is a matter of personal
preference. Unfortunately (for nature), the days have not yet come
that humankind will be forced by *natural selection* to preserve its
natural environment.

Kind regards
Jan