Darwinism Today
Even today, some people advance the Darwinist notion as the most plausible explanation for the existence of life in all its varied forms. But is it plausible to make such an extrapolation? Who would build a skyscraper on the roof of a hut? Are there any limits to adaptive form variation?
Let’s remember that Darwinism had its roots in the 19th century, before anyone knew of the DNA genetic code, before the discovery that the laws of thermodynamics apply to information, before computers could simulate long-term processes, and certainly before anyone knew the capabilities and limits of computer-aided design. At the beginning of the twenty-first century we are at last ready to evaluate the historical conjecture of Darwinism.
Let’s remember that Darwinism had its roots in the 19th century, before anyone knew of the DNA genetic code, before the discovery that the laws of thermodynamics apply to information, before computers could simulate long-term processes, and certainly before anyone knew the capabilities and limits of computer-aided design. At the beginning of the twenty-first century we are at last ready to evaluate the historical conjecture of Darwinism.
