Real arms races are run by highly intelligent, bespectacled engineers in glass offices thoughtfully designing shiny weapons on modern computers. But there's no thinking in the mud and cold of nature's trenches. At best, weapons thrown together amidst the explosions and confusion of smoky battlefields are tiny variations on old ones, held together by chewing gum. If they don't work, then something else is thrown at the enemy, including the kitchen sink - there's nothing "progressive" about that. At its usual worst, trench warfare is fought by attrition. If the enemy can be stopped or slowed by burning your own bridges and bombing your own radio towers and oil refineries, then away they go. Darwinian trench warfare does not lead to progress - it leads back to the Stone Age. . Michael J. Behe
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Darwinian trench warfare does not lead to progress - it leads back to the Stone Age. Darwinian trench warfare is what you get when your enemy is willing to burn your bridges and bomb your radio towers and oil refineries rather than take them. Trench warfare is the worst sort of war because it is fought where its participants can't see each other. Worse, it often leads to situations like the one Darwin described: "If the enemy can be stopped or slowed by burning your own bridges and bombing your own radio towers and oil refineries, then away they go." Fighting a war without a chance of seeing each other in a quiet place can also lead to a situation where individuals will do things to make themselves feel better. For example, someone might say or do something that makes them less likely to be killed in a fight.

Source: The Edge Of Evolution: The Search For The Limits Of Darwinism

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