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The Miracle in the Cell Membrane

structure, and random effects can only harm it. The
American geneticist B. G. Ranganathan explains this as
follows:

First, genuine mutations are very rare in nature. Secondly,
most mutations are harmful since they are random, rather
than orderly changes in the structure of genes; any random
change in a highly ordered system will be for the worse, not
for the better. For example, if an earthquake were to shake
a highly ordered structure such as a building, there
would be a random change in the framework of the
building which, in all probability, would not be an
improvement. 105

Not surprisingly, no mutation example, which is use-
ful, that is, which is observed to develop the genetic code,
has been observed so far. All mutations have proved to
be harmful. It was understood that mutation, which is
presented as an "evolutionary mechanism," is actually a
genetic occurrence that harms living things, and leaves
them disabled. (The most common effect of mutation on
human beings is cancer.) Of course, a destructive mecha-
nism cannot be an "evolutionary mechanism." Natural
selection, on the other hand, "can do nothing by itself," as
Darwin also accepted. This fact shows us that there is no
"evolutionary mechanism" in nature. Since no evolu-
tionary mechanism exists, no such imaginary process
called "evolution" could have taken place.

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