Re: the philosophy of science - you don't seem to get it. Oh well, I tried.

Re: evolution and natural selection - yes there is "the class of all things which involve inheritance, variation and selection". However, there is also the instance of evolution via natural selection running on our planet. You have consistently talked about the former. I have consistently talked about the latter. I figure that once you stop attempting to apply my comments to the former notion - which they simply do not apply to - our disagreement here will evaporate.

The point of emphasizing that the process of evolution that we witness involves foresight is because there is a widespread misunderstanding of evolution which holds that the process that produced human beings is "blind to the future" - and cannot make predictions. That idea inaccurate - and that fact often needs pointing out. Intelligence and foresight are part of the evolutionary process on this planet - and they have been for many millions of years.