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Seems to me he understood you just fine. You seem to contend that non-random evolution is Lamarckian evolution. However, while Lamarckian evolution is certainly non-random, so is Darwinian evolution. Yes, mutations are - for all intents and purposes - random. They're not really random, except perhaps partially on a quantum level, but they are random in the sense that they cannot be predicted. Even if they were truly totally random, however, evolution itself is not. It's as if you are driving your car, then a random part of the vehicle broke down. Perhaps a flat tyre, perhaps a radiator leak, perhaps you lost a gear... Now, as far as you are concerned, the event was random, because you couldn't predict it. But how you choose to respond is not random at all. You don't start fiddling with your spare tyre if you have a radiator leak. You respond to the situation which has arisen, no matter what the cause of that situation. That's how evolution works, too: a creature doesn't decide what sort of mutations to have, but it will naturally make the best of it no matter what it is. This may put it at a disadvantage, or maybe an advantage. That's not random, either. If a disadvantage, the creature will have a lower chance of breeding, and so will its offspring if it has any. It will lose out in the end. If the mutation was advantageous, however, it will have a higher chance of breeding, and so will its offspring, meaning its genes are far more likely to stick around. And so, in this manner, advantageous mutations - however rare - will remain, and disadvantageous mutations - however common - will be discarded. There is nothing random about this process.