Yet another example of complete misunderstanding of stochastic processes.
TToE does not say that every process leads to the “best” result — it just has to effective.
But never get in the way of a good straw man.
Where did TToE come from?
Why mix waste with reproduction? Why not two separate delivery systems?
Yep. Creation “science” never tires of destroying straw men.
“So Jones himself displays ignorance of Darwinian evolution’s non-goal-directedness/purposelessness.”
I have tried correcting this fundamental misstatement of the theory of evolution so often it’s become tiresome. There is nothing random about mutations passed on to descendents. The changes are either neutral and thus carried on by chance or they benefit the creatures ability to survive. The second instance is the central mechanism of evolution. Best is normative and has nothing to do it. Survival of the “best” got us eugenics and all sorts of nightmares but is fundamentally unscientific.
Why do you give credence to peri-scientific disputes about theology?
This is a theological debate wherein limited understandings of science are used as a vehicle between those who oppose belief in a creator and those who believe in a creator.