Hammer and nail? To an evolutionary biologist every change looks like biological evolution.
I would have guessed that to an evolutionary biologist every change looks like another chance for a confused layman to misuse and trivialize their whole field of study.
Your post is not 100% clear - but if you're suggesting that Mark Pagel is a confused layman, he isn't - he really is an evolutionary biologist.
http://edge.org/conversation/infinite-stupidity-edge-conversation-with-mark-pagel
Random change, then a selection, says Mark Pagel. As I agree, here's the link.