New Scientist Thinks Complexity Argues Against Intelligence
It's not easy being an evolutionist these days. You have to feel a pang of pity for the critics at New Scientist, who have resorted to a new argument against intelligent design:
The more complex things are, the more we see that there's no way intelligence could have created them.
That's right — complexity is now an argument against intelligent design. From yesterday's print edition:
As Socrates knew, the really intelligent know the limits of their own ability, an idea we seem to be relearning. You might say supporters of intelligent design have it backwards: the more we observe the complex workings of our universe, the more we must conclude that no single intelligence could have created them.
Civilization, in every generation, must be defended from barbarians. The barbarians outside the gate, the barbarians inside the gate, and the barbarian in the mirror...
Saturday, August 09, 2008
Things Are So Simple That No Designer Is Needed, Yet So Complicated That No Designer Is Possible
Is there any argument a Darwinist will not try?
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