“If such is the case and we can discover the design steps then, guess what? It becomes a refinement to TToE.”
No, that’s quite the opposite of the logical conclusion to be drawn here.
It is exactly the conclusion. It says there are some arcane phenomenon which are not clearly explained by classic TToE. Nowhere does it ascribe a supernatural force at work.
Rather, it plays word games with “design.” Note it never references “designer.”
If it natural, it fits. If it is a more precise definition of natural phenomena of change, explains TToE characteristics, is testable has predictable parameters and meets all the other criteria for a Scientific Theory, great. It might be a natural biology version of Einsteinian physics supplanting Newtonian. Cool.
Helps not the creationist argument a whit.
And it is not even close to the H0 stage but it might be promising.