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== Related ==

* [[Evolution]] – Natural selection

Nature not being capable of evolving [[gem-gum techmology]] because of:
* lack of higher thought and targeted planning 
* being condemned (at least to a degree) to incremental setps of improvement 

Things that life as we know it was not (and probably in not) capable of evolving:
* copper wires and superconductors
* The combo of streets and macroscale wheels
* rocket engines (chemical and ion)
* ...