Darwin Devolves: The New Science About DNA That Challenges Evolution

It’s strange but true that to a very large degree Charles Darwin insisted the variation that fed natural selection be completely random not because of any actual scientific evidence it could suffice, but because of the theological argument from evil.

all life on earth developed over vast ages by descent with modification, driven primarily by natural selection acting on random variation.

If research clearly shows that the effects of natural selection and random mutation are limited, why do so many smart scientists still hold that Darwinism is the major force behind the development of life?

A computer model of a process is, of course, a mathematical abstraction, not the thing itself, so a perennial danger is that the model doesn’t correctly represent the process—that critical but unappreciated details are left out of consideration—yielding misleading results.

the severe problem for Darwin’s theory of evolution in accounting for biological features that require multiple interacting components was one of the first major scientific arguments advanced against it

As Darwin often used it, the term natural selection really meant natural selection acting on random variation

Science and purpose were made for each other.

Although they’re necessary, general laws are woefully insufficient to account for very specific, purposeful arrangements of parts.

From the dawn of life to the present, beneficial degradation has been a constant background—there’s no way to avoid