The North American ID movement’s
concept of irreducibly complexity is badly formed; it defines irreducible
complexity as the necessary juxtaposition of two or more parts in order for a
function to work. But quoting a footnote to one of my blog posts :
Irreducible/reducible
complexity: I don’t use these terms in the sense of Micheal Behe’s flawed
concept of irreducible complexity. Irreducible complexity and reducible
complexity as I conceive them are to do with how stable organic structures are
laid out in configuration space. If a set of structures are reducibly complex
they form a connected set in configuration space: This means that the diffusional
computational process of evolution can bring about considerable change in
organic structure. Irreducible complexity, on the other hand, is the opposite.
That is, when such structures are widely separated in configuration space it is
not possible for evolutionary diffusion to hop from one organism to another.
Irreducible complexity, if defined properly (that is, not in the Behe sense), is an evolution stopper.
....the implication being that the Behe definition and that promoted by an ID site like "Uncommon Desent" is not an evolution stopper.
Further details on my view of irreducible complexity can be seen here:
Further details on my view of irreducible complexity can be seen here:
The weakness of the North
American concept of irreducible complexity becomes all too apparent in one of
PZ Myers posts where he criticizes IDist Casey Luskin’s use of the concept. See
here:
http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2014/07/17/quote-mined-by-casey-luskin/
Addendum 01/08/14: Larry Moran has now commented on this subject:
http://sandwalk.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/michael-behe-and-edge-of-evolution.html
Addendum 01/08/14: Larry Moran has now commented on this subject:
http://sandwalk.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/michael-behe-and-edge-of-evolution.html
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