Evolution advances, not by a priori design, but by the selection of what works best out of whatever choices offer. We are the products of editing, rather than of authorship.
George WaldA scientist is in a sense a learned small boy. There is something of the scientist in every small boy. Others must outgrow it. Scientists can stay that way all their lives.
George WaldDeath seems to have been a rather late invention in evolution. One can go a long way in evolution before encountering an authentic corpse.
George Wald