Why Darwinism can't work, in a nutshell

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Shaun Johnston:
In modern times we've made two revolutionary discoveries. One is, how changes in physical matter can be accounted for in terms of physical laws that can predict precisely what will happen next. Having given rise to science (how this can be studied) and industry (how it can be applied) this revolution is well under way.

The second revolution is, how emergence of species of living creatures can be accounted for in terms of them evolving from one another. This revolution, despite its promise of how much it could tell us about ourselves, remains stillborn through the mistaken application to it of principles coming out of the first revolution--reductive physicalism.

For this second revolution to advance it should be taken from under the wing of science and studied on its own terms. Tip: one recent product of evolution is creatures with minds. Minds are better studied through methods of the humanities than through those of science. Tell me, does this interest you?

Details: Written by Shaun Johnston Shaun Johnston; Published: August 11, 2011 August 11, 2011; Hits: 3095 3095

Here's the latest entry in my quest to dismiss Darwinism in as few words as possible:

"WHY GENETIC MUTATION AND NATURAL SELECTION CANNOT BE WHAT DRIVES EVOLUTION

"Mutations that contribute harm to a species' gene pool are much more common than those that contribute benefit, say 100 times as common. Individuals with harmful mutations will tend to be less successful at mating and raising young but won't be impaired enough to turn the great preponderance of harm in each generation into a net benefit: that is, instead of the efficiency of that process (natural selection) being close to the required 100% it’s probably closer to 1%. As a result, more harm than benefit will enter the gene pool in each generation, driving the species into extinction."