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Mutations—breaks
or replacements tak-
ing place in the DNA
molecule—are the
result of external
effects such as radi-
ation or chemical
action. This mutated
Vietnamese boy is a
nuclear weapon vic-
tim.

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 exam-
ple, if an earthquake were to shake a highly ordered structure
such as a building, there would be a random change in the frame-
work of the building which, in all probability, would not be an
improvement. 30

Not surprisingly, no mutation example, which is useful, 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
mechanism cannot be an "evolutionary mechanism." Natural
selection, on the other hand, "can do nothing by itself," as Darwin