DAVID: His basic point is Darwin doesn't work at all. He is looking for a third way, not chance or design, but something that follows natural laws. Like Nagel. This is the hope of non-believers. > > dhw: When you say Darwin doesn't work, I presume you mean random mutations (nothing new there), or does he dismiss common descent? -He accepts that life evolved. Just starting his third book, it appears to me he totally rejects Darwin's mechanisms.