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Originally Posted by Xanderfox
The igauna thing episode seemed to imply evolution is circular. Of course for TF there was the time Janeway got her self assimilated by the borg, in an insane infiltration plan.
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The writer of the episode said that he was trying to make the point that evolution doesn't necessarily lead to bigger brains, which is true enough.
That said, he seems to ignore the mechanism behind evolution. Star Trek's done this several times before. For Star Trek writers, evolution seems to be a unilinear thing, as if the evolutionary path of a species is hardwired into their genome from the get-go. My willing suspension of disbelief tends to get shattered when TV writers can't even grasp the idea of natural selection.