Car Evolution

Car Evolution

Suppose a particular car is designed and built. No other car is created. The car is then copied by technicians multiple times over many years, say one thousand. Errors in the copying are sometimes made, resulting in a car slightly different from the original. Suppose a million new cars are built, so many errors creep in. The cars are sold to consumers following their preferences. Some of the errors are not favored by any consumers, but some become popular. We can imagine that the original is slowly changed over time, to such an extent that no true replicas remain. The transformation could be quite drastic. What we have is a gradual metamorphosis from an original design that mindlessly produces diversity, which is then selected for and produces new models of car. We have an evolution of car species that mirrors the evolution of animal species. The same logic applies to both.