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I was really interested by our conversation in our small group on Thursday.  Prof Grobstein's questioning of our feelings about things that it is okay to stomp on and not okay to stomp on provided an interesting problem to think about.  Where does all of this stop? Trying to follow many of these ideas logically through to an end is quite a mind-blowing experience. I've found that since this discussion I've been coming back to this idea that if we believe in evolution that means believing in the randomness of life on Earth. I've really struggled with this because, as we have discussed, we as humans tend to create "skyhooks" in our need for explanations for WHY things happen.   I have realized since the conversation how much this is a part of how I live my life and I've been quite struck by it.  I, like Prof Grobstein, think that evolution is quite a good story, but I'm not sure that I like it so much now that I am realizing all of its implications.