But controverting the views of other evolutionary biologists is not Dawkins' aim at all. Instead, he wants to expound the theory of natural selection, and to show that it, and it alone, can explain the most puzzling facts about the incredibly sophisticated engineering feats that the organization of living things reveals. His aim is to show that only Darwinian theory can account for the very facts of optimum design and apparently intentional construction that have long provided the most satisfying argument for the existence of God. In this aim Dawkins has been entirely successful.
Dawkins begins by setting up the case for conscious design and an omnipotent designer through an example, detailing the magnificent system of echo-location employed by bats. It embodies a set of components that would do credit to the best contemporary defense technology: an unjammable pulsed Doppler send/receive frequency modulation device reflecting every nuance of the most ...
