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When I say random evolution, I really should have said random mutations. Natural selection has an ultimate goal, mutation is just random, both are requisites of evolution so I suppose I was focusing on mutations without elaborating.



Infact when we could study everything that could cause or causes mutations, then not even that would be terribly random. The kind of 'agent' (or stituation/way in which we come to contact with it) that causes the mutation could also influence where the mutation will happen, yes because there are so many cells that could be influenced that part will be random, yet not every mutated cell has an evolutional step as a result, it would have to be quite specific. You can call it random/chance, I'd say it's just a matter of time really. (Oww, nevertheless the effect of any mutation might be hard to predict off course, so when looking at the results of mutations, then looking backwards one could indeed think of it as random changes still).

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