Jay Gould gutted evolution, noted racist roots.

Thanks for quoting Jay Gould. Gould's Punctuated Equilibrium was only part of his fervent reworking of evolution in an attempt to reconcile the Secular Humanist dogma of evolution with science. Gould honestly disdained the racism of social Darwinism that brought with it the full spectrum of elitist thuggery, from repression to genocide. Though a lifelong Marxist, before his untimely death at age 60, Gould was asserting that religion and Science were compatible. Would he, too, have become an Intelligent Design advocate?

Mangling metaphors makes for victories over straw men and mousetraps. But evolution's greater challenge has been in conquering change, fantasizing about a "Laboratory Earth" scenario and not the turbulent island in a turbulent galaxy in a turbulent universe. Georges Cuvier's quarter of Catastrophism has had to be erased by Darwinists as not allowing for the proper bell jar environment to allow for subtle complexities to blossom spontaneously in their imaginary hothouse. Atheist James Watson, codiscoverer of DNA, had to be erased to eliminate his contention that DNA was too complex to evolve on Earth. Sadly, Gould's desire to bring tolerance for an Intelligent Design construct well rooted in science, Science compatible with religion, has also been erased.

Process as non-contingent upon precursor, Punctuated Equilibrium, is a kindred parallel to Intelligent Design with an X factor Gould may have been broad-minded enough to allow Judeo-Christian scientists to call "Creator."