“Intelligence,” OUT OF NOTHINGNESS!

[Chas]

I'm guessing that you didn't crib this info from anyone with even the most basic understanding of evolution. Who told you this?

To say that an unknown, unseen, and unplanned series of “simple, cumulative steps” which lead to a complex end is not random chance is nonsensical.
Without a design or purpose, natural selection is still a random process, regardless of any statements to the contrary. It can only be considered an “incredible stroke of luck” for evolution to reach any destination, especially one as lofty as the human being.

What you fail to grasp is that it is an algorithm.
Changes to DNA are random, but survival is not. And differential survival and reproduction is what makes the process non-random.
Only the genotypes that result in successful phenotypes stays in the game for long.