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The Overwhelmingly Important Point
In a few days I will offer a detailed rebuttal. But the overwhelmingly important point to notice right up front is that the reviewers (Lenski plus Josh Swamidass over at Peaceful Science and John Jay College biologist Nathan Lents) have absolutely no response to the very central argument of the book. The argument that I summarized as an epigraph on the first page of the book so no one could miss it. The one that I included in the title of a 2010 Quarterly Review of Biology article upon which the book is based. The one for which I chose the most in-your-face moniker that I could think of (consistent with the professional literature) to goad a response: The First Rule of Adaptive Evolution: Break or blunt any gene whose loss would increase the number of offspring. The rule summarizes the fact that the overwhelming tendency of random mutation is to degrade genes, and that very often is helpful. Thus natural selection itself acts as a powerful de-volutionary force, increasing helpful broken and degraded genes in the population.
And they had no response! That's because there is in fact nothing that can alleviate that fatal flaw in Darwinism. Much more to come soon.
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Reader Comments
When we do,we'll discover the complexities of flying pigs too I'd wager
whatever camp you pitch your tent in,either takes a leap of faith.
One option vibrates at a high rate
The other,not so much eh
"...it has long been known that neutral and even deleterious mutations can provide stepping stones to future adaptations."
I am missing something. I liked the piece in the comment, though, at evolutionnews.
Comment: Brian Miller adds the following: See also: