Seeing adaptation even among bacteria as random mutation is like seeing a bullet wound as a random act caused by a gun going off by itself. It cannot happen and making that assumption would lead to a dead end. On the contrary, assuming there was a human being involved would set you on a course of finding whether the cause was inadvertent (accidental death) or was in fact homicide. Guns truly do not kill people. In a similar manner, bacteria do not become more pathogenic by chance or luck. It is because they have an inborn wisdom and a striving toward their own survival. That striving is called adaptation and bespeaks an innate intelligence. v25n1
