[GodGunsGuts]

I never said degeneration is the only thing that is going on. I have put forward the idea of preprogrammed/directed mutation for quite some time.

[allmendream]

A heads it is degeneration, tails it is preprogrammed/directed? Nice work if you can get it I suppose.

DNA is preprogrammed/directed to be mutable. Many of these mutations are preprogrammed/directed to be subject to selection. Others just accumulate at the neutral mutation rate.

Yes, life is preprogrammed/directed to evolve by natural selection of genetic variations.