[extropy-chat] More irriducible complexity and ID

[Kevin Freels]

> The conventional theory of evolution (the idea that evolution is driven
> by random mutations) does have flaws in it. There is new research in
> molecular biology that suggests that evolution may, in fact, be "self-
> directed". This would explain why the rate of evolution has increased
> along with the increasing complexity of life forms. A good website for
> this idea is www.darwingenome.info.

Neither increasing rates of evolution, nor increasing complexity are part of
evolutionary theory. Complexity is just as likely to decrease as increase,
and rates of change vary according to the environment. For example, nothing
has matched the cambrian explosion in sheer varity of life in such a short
period of time.
Ecolution is more like a blind drunk walking up an alley rather than a march
toward increasing complexity. Snakes are a prime example. Their ancestors
were more complex and had limbs for walking.

These are the simple things that are often overlooked by creationists when
preaching their crap. Even thoise who accept evolution claim that it is a
process God uses to move from the simple life forms to the most complex with
human beings at the Apex.