[unspun]

A better formulation for today might be autonomous self-organizing biological complexity + natural selection> species - but it shouldn't be called the theory of evolution since the first formulation fails.

Yes, ma'am.

"Self organizing" is the kicker, ain't it?

"The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD." Proverbs 16:33

And that, when it comes to the generation of life itself, and of the kinds, begs the question: "So, how have the lots been cast?"

[StJacques]

""Self organizing" is the kicker, ain't it?"

"Self-organizing" seems to imply consciousness acting to organize the development of a species. If so, then the principle places "being" over "becoming" and is therefore metaphysical rather than scientific. No explanation or discounting of evolution that follows from this line of reasoning can be accepted as scientifically valid. As an exercise in metaphysics it may work, but not as an exercise in science.