RE: progress in evolution

Pim van Meurs (entheta@eskimo.com)
Fri, 4 Jun 1999 09:02:19 -0700

Bertvan: I suppose a question the creationists might ask
would be: "If complexity doesn't enhance survivability, why has natural
selection bothered to come up with increasingly complex mammals? And if it
did offer enhanced for one creature, why not all creatures?" I'm not
suggesting I have any answers, but sometimes creationists ask good questions.

That has been known to have happened. Perhaps it is a random walk after all? I guess
the first thing for the creationists to do would be to show that there is a trend of increased complexity.
Furthermore there is an interesting issue here that a random walk starting at one cell animals has
limited downward moving capabilities. It's a random walk with a wall at the lower end. Could the
"increase in complexity" be a mere random walk with a wall at one side?