Thursday, October 18, 2007

Did Darwin take species for granted?

I was amusing myself on the bus by thinking more about a theory of packaging evolution.

I have jumped straight to my conclusion

Packaging evolves by weight reduction

Very topical

But is this a purposive, a teleological theory? Or is it the survival of the most lightweight?

If I were to launch an empirical investigation, would I first need to develop a taxonomy of packaging?

Can a tin can evolve into a plastic container?

Which led me to a question I had not thought of before. Did Darwin take the existence of species for granted?