So why would they express error prone DNA polymerase? How would introducing mutations help to unlock what was supposedly “pre-programmed” in?
Mutations CHANGE the information - instead of coding for glutamine - a mutation could cause the codon to specify alanine - for example. How would this be a “loss of information” rather than just a change in the information?
Why would mutations during stress be a good idea for a bacteria if all mutations were going to do was make the bacteria “lose” information?
How about gene duplication? Is that a loss of information as well? If a gene is duplicated and one version changes and the other remains the same - wouldn't that be a “gain” of information?
If you could prove information gained rather than using what is already there then that would be the first step toward macro-evolution. Small changes even over millions of years do not change a primate into a man.
The mathematics alone show it to be impossible and all evolution has shown is micro-evolution. Even the fruit flies were not forced into something other than grossly mutated fruit flies which returned to normal within a few generations.