The article "Natural Selection: A Limited Role" argues that the concept of natural selection, while seemingly logical, has limitations when subjected to scientific scrutiny. Natural selection, often paraphrased as "survival of the fittest," is a truism that doesn't add to our understanding of how species change. The article contends that natural selection's primary role is eliminating diseased, crippled, and abnormal individuals, thereby maintaining a species' standard by setting a lower limit. It challenges the notion that natural selection drives the development of complex organs, as nascent organs would be disadvantageous until fully functional. The author, William J. Tinkle, cites examples like sugar beets and the Salton Sea fish population to demonstrate that selection reaches a limit and primarily functions to weed out the unfit, rather than create new, advanced species. He also critiques the overemphasis on hypothetical mutations in evolutionary explanations, advocating for a more realistic assessment of observed changes in organisms.