“By definition chance cannot lead to long term gains (it would no longer be chance)“ If this was modified to “chance alone” then it might be correct. The way i

“By definition chance cannot lead to long term gains (it would no longer be chance)“ If this was modified to “chance alone” then it might be correct. The way it’s worded now makes it sound like chance cannot contribute to long term gains, which is clearly false. Evolution depends on chance (generation of diversity) followed by a selection process and clearly that works pretty well.