no, no kludge at all, the original design was perfect, the degradation over the eons has made the imperfections....just like a new car will eventually fall apart even if it is never drive....
I know, but we've gone beyond one-celled organisms.
...the degradation over the eons has made the imperfections...
Mutations are both beneficial and harmful. The really harmful ones are weeded out. The beneficial ones spread.
just like a new car will eventually fall apart even if it is never drive....
Extremely poor analogy. New cars do not reproduce in your driveway.