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Stringy63 t1_ivdeclb wrote

Reply to comment by guyonahorse in Insects get stuck in a spider's web, why doesn't a spider get stuck in its own web? by Koning_Health

In your example, that is not random. A sentience is passing judgement on the suitability of the functionality of the paper creations. It seems so strange that the complexity of life could arise solely from disinterested randomness, a complexity that includes a consciousness that questions if it is randomness, or if there is sentience taking interest and making selection. It certainly could be random given the time scale. Seems at least possible there is a sentience involved. Okay, I'm going back to looking for good fart jokes now.

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zebrasmack t1_ivdffd9 wrote

the "passing judgement" in real life is not dying before creating offspring. restrictions/parameters are the environment, with random changes and chaos within the environment. that's basically it.

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WinterPains t1_ive4isg wrote

The sentience is acting as an artificial selection pressure.

Creatures change to fit their environment, due to selection pressures which affect what traits have the best survivability in that environment.

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