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In response to "but aren't viruses devolved bacteria? -- nm" by crash davis

"De"volved implies direction where there isn't one.

It's possible that some viruses evolved from bacteria, but that doesn't mean anything about saying which is more evolved or not. Evolution has no direction or goal. It's simply a change in a population, and more complex isn't necessarily a good thing.

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