Re: irreducible complexity

Michael McCulloch (mmccullo@usit.net)
Mon, 9 Dec 1996 23:36:31 -0500

With regard to the discussion of common sense and the question of
complexity, I have a simple observation -- perhaps too simple. It seems to
me that the process of human reproduction is considered less complex than
the proposition of macroevolution. Yet many of the elements of the
reproduction process appear to be still a mystery. For example, what
exactly triggers cells during the growth process to become specialized? How
does a union of an egg and sperm become such a complex organism with
seemingly irreducible components after maturity? The morphological changes
alone from zygote to mature adult are astounding.

However, when these same questions are posed of macroevolution, many jump
to the conclusion that supernatural intervention is necessary. Would these
same persons also propose that supernatural intervention is present in the
developmental process of every human fetus?? Or are the mechanisms involved
in human reproduction just not fully understood yet?

---Michael McCullochmmccullo@usit.net