So I’m late to the thread - but would like to point out that 1st) the author is not denying scientific FACT. He is arguing against Evolutionary THEORY.
The great thing about science is the abundance of theories to explain the world. Some make sense, some don’t but are backed by facts, some are proven by facts, some are disproven by facts.
Evolution is still a scientific THEORY. There are very, very few scientific LAWS. The one fact that is cited in the article is that the “Queen of evolutionary problems” is acknowledged” by proponates of the Evolutionary Theory as an open issue. As such they have no facts to explain how their theory works in that regard.
The FACT is that the theory remains a theory, because it cannot explain everything. As such it is not FACT, but THEORY. And THEORIES are to be argued ad infinitum.... now THAT is science. Hypothesis, proposal, experimentation (very much lacking in evolutionary theory), results, conclusion.
Well aware of the distinction between theory and other classes of scientific thought.
Despite the term “theory”, I know of no serious professional biologist who questions evolution as the most logical explanation for observations and studies on genetics, embryology, and paleontology.