ErnestMajorPragmatics

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Ernest Major
In message , backspace  writes >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_drift >"...It contrasts with the evolutionary mechanism, natural selection, a >non-random selection process in which the tendency of alleles to >become more or less widespread in a population over time is due to the >alleles' effects on adaptive and reproductive success..."

>What would a random selection process look like?

Isn't there something in the Bible about drawing lots?

For a contemporary example, a random data stream can be obtained from the number of decays in a sample of radioactive material. This could be used to select the winners of a lottery.

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The data stream from the decays sample had no intent, it didn't produce anything with the intent of providing a lottery selection winner