At the conclusion of a very thorough post was written:
> The analogy to evolution is weak. Conscious direction of the process
...what is it, do you suppose, which differentiates the process of
our consciousness from any other?
> makes the "evolution" of technology something rather different from
> the evolution of organisms, or molecules.. it's hard enough to make
> the analogy between memetic and biological evolution useful, despite
> the (in my opinion) greater similarity..
>
> -Engan
-psypher