The Reverend Jerry Coyne has condescended to reveal a treasure of timeless truths in his little revelation entitled Why Evolution is True. That these truths are metaphysical--they cannot be deduced from science--make them especially precious. In his revelation Reverend Coyne illuminates a wide range of truths for us to revere. Here is an oracle of Coyne on bad design:
What I mean by "bad design" is the notion that if organisms were built from scratch by a designer--one who used the biological building blocks of nerves, muscles, bone, and so on--they would not have such imperfections. Perfect design would truly be the sign of a skilled and intelligent designer. Imperfect design is the mark of evolution. ...
Flatfish are born as normal-looking fish that swim vertically, with one eye placed on each side of a pancake-shaped body. But a month thereafter, a strange thing happens: one eye begins to move upward. It migrates over the skull and joins the other eye to form a pair of eyes on one side of the body, either right of left, depending on the species. The skull also changes its shape to promote this movement, and there are changes in the fins and color. In concert, the flatfish tips onto its newly eyeless side, so that both eyes are now on top. ...
If you wanted to design a flatfish, you wouldn't do it this way. You'd produce a fish like the skate, which is flat from birth and lies on its belly--not one that has to achieve flatness by lying on its side, moving its eyes and deforming the skull. Flatfish are poorly designed. ...
the particular bad designs that we see make sense only if they evolved ... [81:3-85:3]
As the Most High Coyne reveals, perfect design is, truly, truly, a sign of a skilled designer. No designer would design the species we find. Evolution must be true. Such ultimate truths can only come from a prophet. Amen.
