>   
   >> - Species evolve exactly as if they were adapting as best they could to a   
   changing world, and not at all as if they were moving toward a set goal.   
   >>   
   >> George Gaylord Simpson   
   >   
   >That's a selection bias, actually. The rule is that populations go   
   >extinct, the exception is that a population evolves into a new   
   >species.   
   He was saying genetic change in living things is not teleological.   
      
   And who just said we need accurate common use of terms in science?>   
      
   >In reality, animals are only ever reproducing. They're not planning   
   >anything.   
      
   Hmm, including humans?   
      
   "Plan" implies consideration of possible future outcomes, which some   
   animals do.   
      
   Apes and ravens have been demonstrated to do so for example.   
      
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