# "Darwin Devolves" Ch 1: The Pretense of Knowledge

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**Created:** [January 27, 2019, 11:23pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/darwin-devolves-ch-1-the-pretense-of-knowledge/4102 "2019-01-27T23:23:28Z")
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### Author: ![John\_Harshman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/john_harshman/32/1121_2.png) [@John\_Harshman](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/John_Harshman)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2019, 2:31pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/darwin-devolves-ch-1-the-pretense-of-knowledge/4102/87 "2019-02-01T14:31:05Z")

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> [@Sarah\_Rodriguez](#):
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> behe still doesnt know that slightly deleterious mutations can be selected

“Selected” is perhaps the wrong word. By definition, deleterious alleles can’t be selected; neutral alleles can’t be selected. But they can be fixed by drift. Behe may not understand this, but that’s a problem with his last book, not necessarily this one.

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