I was speaking specifically of this line: > That genetic variation is generated by random mutation — a process that is unaffected by what organisms in the popu

I was speaking specifically of this line: > That genetic variation is generated by random mutation — a process that is unaffected by what organisms in the population want or what they are "trying" to do. I have nothing against the second half of that sentence. Perhaps a better explanation was available elsewhere in the article and I missed it. The link originally went to the middle of the page instead of the beginning, so I wasn't taking it in order.