From: bivalve (bivalve@mail.davidson.alumlink.com)
Date: Thu Aug 07 2003 - 11:08:41 EDT
>> Complexity is related inversely to probability. Highly complex objects have a low probability of being actualized naturally.<<
This is also a peculiar definition. Perhaps the standard idea of complexity (having lots of parts) is assumed, but highly complex structures can readily be actualized naturally. For example, naturally occurring polymers are quite complex, yet clearly formed naturally (regardless of whether ID advocates are right in claiming that the instructions to produce some of them were not formed naturally). "Specified complexity" is supposed to solve this problem, but the biochemical systems popular with ID cannot be shown to have appropriate "specificity" with current knowledge.
Dr. David Campbell
Old Seashells
University of Alabama
Biodiversity & Systematics
Dept. Biological Sciences
Box 870345
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0345 USA
bivalve@mail.davidson.alumlink.com
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