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You have fallen for the false assumption that evolution is teleological and that humans are the farthest along that teleological path.

From some quick googling (if I had time I'd come up with better):

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/evolphil/teleology.html

http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/04/not-as-evolved...

http://spacetimechronicles.blogspot.com/2009/03/are-we-pinna...



>You have fallen for the false assumption that evolution is teleological

it isn't false, it is true - the evolution leads to exponentially more complex systems. There is a very simple mathematical reason for that - evolution changes are small continuous deltas and a delta-changes to a more complex system cover more volume in the parameter space. Very rough - an organism with 2 times more types of cells, limbs, other morphological and behavioral features, etc.. will produce 2 times more of survivable variations.

>humans are the farthest along that teleological path.

mammals are farthest down the complexity path and humans just a bit further as it seems that we have a bit more complex brain.

Your Harward link is wrong on at least 2 metrics of biological systems both of which shows clear [exponential] increase as result of evolution - complexity and entropy increase integrated over given biological system's life-path in the space-time (that ability to maximize entropy beyond what can be achieved by following local gradient is the main differentiator between live and regular matter)




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