Dunno if it's all crap. I tend to agree with this. But IMHO, what it means is that the change agent is not random genetic mutation, not that the theory of evolution is itself false.
You pull the parts off the shelf. The theory of Evolution unfortunately assumes the contents of the shelf keep changing and you try version after version until you find the one "most suited" ~ that is, optimal.
Not sure if Darwin or Wallace bothered noticing it but wolves can, at any moment, bring down any particular reindeer. At the same time each reindeer is capable of outrunning any particular wolf.
Which animal is more fit? Do reindeer run away successfully? Do wolves pull down reindeer successfully?
Do men make pets of wolves (we call them dogs) and of reindeer?
Where's the gene for that one?
Just reading an article on schizophrenia. Seems to be a quite diagnosable condition but there's no "schizophrenia" gene. On the other hand there are a cluster of genes that have known defects that tend to not bother anyone but sometimes something happens and they all foster schizophrenia.
The question then becomes "does schizophrenia have a genetic component considering that all schizophrenics have some of these errors, yet non-schizophrenics also have some of these errors, and it's hereditary"?
The genetic basis for schizophrenia is well established, but it's not a case of a single gene, nor of always having all the mutations that can be associated with schizophrenia.
It's more like a wave drifting through the genome.