Why “Cumulative Selection” Doesn’t Work

• The existence of a reproducing life form (the initial string) is assumed, but it takes much information to get to this point

• • The claimed evolutionary mechanism of mutation followed by natural selection only operates after a reproducing life form exists

• The target sentence has been predetermined

• • Evolution has no predetermined target in mind

• There is no selective advantage in just a letter being in the correct position

• • Real selection operates at the level of the entire organism, and not at the level of an individual letter
  • A partial feature does not provide increased survival benefit, but is a hindrance

• Letters in the correct position are just as likely to be mutated (changed to a different letter)

• Information is much more than just letters in the right spot – it must be recognized and used for a purpose

• • Having a correct DNA sequence is useless without the complex processes that read and understand the DNA to build the proteins and other components of life