As a start, I will lend subjective support to Bruce here...
One thing which I bring to defense of those non-molecular biologists who speculate on the nature of evolution and DNA is this.
Evolution is not a discipline for molecular biologists
As outlandish as this may sound, such a distinction holds merit nonetheless. Evolution is both an ergodicity as well as a signal theory discipline. Such is not the domain of the molecular biologist. This is the domain of the information and systems engineering specialist. As an analogue, the sound engineer or expert luthier who built my guitar, are not experts in music. Not a one of them can play my 12 bar blues progression I have in mind. You might say 'but they are experts in the building of a musical instrument! How could they possibly not be experts in music?' The simple fact is that there resides a distinction between medium and intelligence. Woe to those who fail to understand this distinction.
If one contends that there is no intelligence to be had in DNA, only medium - then, the discussion with me will end there. Such a person is not equipped (see the necessary graduate work in the first group below) to understand what I have to say, even if they did possess an open mind.
Evolutionary theory is a theory of computation and constraints, and not simply a discipline of molecular biology nor organic chemistry. To that end evolution in a way, is best understood by information and intelligence specialists, and not biologists.
Becoming a Musician
Probability Statistics & Arrival Distribution Theory
Information and Set Theory
Biology and Cladistics
Hypothesis Testing
Modeling and Theory of Constraints
Simulation and Sensitivity Theory
Philosophy of Organized Behaviour
Computation
Data Intelligence and Information Theory
Systems and Value Chain Theory
Communications Structure Redundancy and Lossless Protocols
Communications Security and Cryptography
Advanced Intelligence Networks/Assimilation/Signal Theory
and less-so the following
Becoming a Musical Instrument Craftsman
Chemistry & Advanced Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Molecular Biology
Basic Biogenetics
Advanced Molecular Biology: Epigenetics and Proteostasis
Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering
Physiology and Tissue Engineering
Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering Lab
If we are to seek answers inside DNA, especially with regard to our ability to answer key questions of deontology - then we need the former skills set and to not be ruled solely by the latter skills set. If I am to engineer an apple to be red for 4 weeks rather than 2 weeks, I need the latter group. But if I am to know how the apple came into being, I need the former skills set more than I need the latter.
Collectively we, as a scientific society have failed to grasp this...
I do not want my studio engineer or guitar luthier telling me how to embellish a minor pentatonic nor interpret the lyrics of a song. That is not his/her expertise.