I’ve been conversing with folks on Peaceful Science about randomness in evolution. I asked them to define randomness. “T_aquaticus” replied: If you purposefully shuffle a deck of cards the result is still a random order of cards. Mathematician Neil Rickert replied: In ordinary life, “random” is used with a range of different meanings. For biology,...

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