Re: more evolution theorizing

Hey Brandon,

Yes, we may be a little at cross purposes here.  Yes, there can be increased complexity in spite of entropy in the short term, in the right conditions.  However, I’m focusing on specified complexity, complexity with a purpose, usefulness, complexity which carries information, the kind of specified complexity that occurs only in living organisms (think of the specific DNA which codes for the production of a specific enzyme needed for a specific metabolic process in a cell).  Apparently I haven’t done a good job at explaining my thoughts clearly.  I apologize.  Sure you can get your basic run of the mill complexity, given the right conditions, but as far as I know, one does not find specified complexity without intelligent input somewhere along the line.  Even with intelligent input to allow the development of specified complexity, that information is eventually going to break down because of entropy, barring further input from a source of intelligence.  For example, new cars eventually wear out and break down, although the process can be slowed by the intelligent actions of a mechanic.  Because of entropy, a car isn’t going to morph into something better and more complex on its own.  

I give an example that refutes one of your claims, and you respond by pointing out I have not managed to defend every last argument of the vast theory of evolution

I responded to the article as a whole, not just to the part about increased complexity—I didn’t realize that you wanted only to focus on that one area.  As far as every last argument about the theory of evolution, one of the basic tenets of Darwinian evolution is that it occurred on its own without input from any intelligence.  The article discussed a software program which led to increased complexity.  I simply made the point that it required intelligent input in order to create the computers and software which produced these digital beings.  That is not irrelevant, as it pertains to that basic tenet.  It’s not “every last argument”, but one of the major tenets of the theory of evolution.

It’s always good to hear your responses—that’s the only way I can know if what you’re hearing matches what I’m trying to say. :)

Susan