In which I agree with Jim Manzi....

I initially became aware of Jim Manzi in a fairly extended argument/series of posts in which he argued forcefully and reasonably against cap and trade, and if I recall correctly, climate change legislation on the whole. Since then I have read with a fair degree off admiration a number of lengthy posts he has written on various subjects. Having said that, I disagree with almost everything he has ever written. So, I wanted to highlight what he wrote today at The Daily Dish, because I find almost nothing at all in it with which to disagree.

The only part of the post where I think he is on shakey ground is when he starts talking about possible "goals" of evolution. Even there though, he doesn't say anything that I think is wrong, in fact a "goal" is reasonably inferred if we accept god as a first cause. It's just that talk of goals, direction, and ends explicating evolution almost invariably gets people side-tracked. That said, this is a good, simple explanation of both an aspect of evolutionary process, and of the divide between theological issues and science.