survival of the fittest (and don't you just know it)

So in Philosophy of History the other day a few of us had to explain that:
1. Yes, evolution is the dominant paradigm (sorry, it was Kuhn-week),
2. Everyone whom is taken even remotely seriously in the Natural Sciences subscribes to it, and
3. That is because Jesus didn't design things.

Welcome to graduate school. Please keep your coats on - we're going to rock your world.