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Irreducable complexity is one. Another is the poor track record of spontaneous mutation in producing positive benefits for the host organism. There are many others, which other posters on this thread have alluded to.

[Karl_Lembke]

Another is the poor track record of spontaneous mutation in producing positive benefits for the host organism.

In that case, the Ames test can't possibly work. You see, it depends on beneficial mutations to work.

I guess the millions of successful uses of the test have all been one grand illusion...