The issue is simple. We have a few mechanisms for change such as mutation,gene duplication etc and a process called natural selection which guides this change towards improved “fitness”.
I don’t think anyone is arguing that the above don’t happen or don’t cause some ammount of fine tuning/adaptation in organisms. The problem is with the claim that “all biodiversity” is a result of these known processes.
The fact is that science is nowhere close enough to explaining “evolution” to make such a staggering claim. It would be really appreciated if everyone can agree on the truth-
I.e there are good explanations for some of the changes.
Only speculation with very little evidence exists for many if not most of the changes that is shown by the biodiversity in nature.
Then finally there is the problem of achieving “design” in life without an intelligence. How does the extremely complex assembly we see in life in all its diversity happen …
You must realise this is a staggering claim being made by scientists here… and there is limited evidence when we take the scale of the claim into consideration.
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