A letter in yesterday’s Daily News asserts that the writer, Michael Rigs, objects to evolution because “evidence to the contrary is selectively discarded by scientists” to cover up that the theory doesn’t work.

This is followed up by several nonsensical statements sucha s “evolution requires a relatively steady environment.” No, evolution works just fine in times of chaos and disorder.

“All species must always be evolving to take advantage over incremental changes in the environment.” He goes on to cite the coelocanth, which has remained unchanged for many millions of years as proof that therefore, evolution doesn’t work.

Wrong again. Evolution isn’t some independent force making creatures adapt, it’s the result of natural selection operating on the differences between members of the species. If they live in a stable environment, it’s possible to stay unchanged for a long, long time.

And while I don’t know that Mr. Riggs is a creationist or intelligent design believer, no amount of disproving evolution—even if he could do it—would make those bogus theories scientifically valid. Despite the insistence of some creationists that if evolution is wrong, creationism must be right, science isn’t a football game: You have to have positive evidence to prove your case, not just disprove the other side.

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