[Ethan Clive Osgoode]

It happens that NeoDarwinism has a whole raft of presuppositions, none of which appear self-evident to me

There are a number of presuppositions that are commonly recited, which few people question, but are actually absurd upon reflection. Here are a few non-negotiable presuppositions: 'every single organic being is striving to have as many descendants as it can'; 'far more beings are born that can possibly survive'; 'every single organic being is striving to the utmost to increase in a geometric ratio', etc.

None of those propositions are true. They are absurd. And yet these a priori assumptions are non-negotiable presuppositions of natural selection.

[js1138]

'every single organic being is striving to have as many descendants as it can'; 'every single organic being is striving to the utmost to increase in a geometric ratio', etc.

Utter nonsense. Journalism.

It is true, however that, 'far more beings are born that can possibly survive'.