Natures Wonders- living fossils (Introduction)

by David Turell , Sunday, November 19, 2017, 15:08 (2342 days ago) @ dhw

dhw: I prefer “improvement” as I don’t see the point of complexity for the sake of complexity.

Tony: So... if I read this right, you are saying that some things evolved, some didn't. Some things just started off fully functional and functionally perfect. It's like magic!But just because we have direct evidence that some things didn't evolve, we believe that other things did evolve, because we like to limit our belief in magic, and everything popping up functionally perfect would be suspiciously magical, and we can't have that. Harumph!

dhw: No, my hypothesis entails only one form of “magic”, which offers us the best evidence of design, and that is the first living cells. They arrived fully functional and functionally perfect. And within their perfection lay a mechanism that enabled them not only to reproduce but also to combine with other cells to expand their range of functions.

But this is Tony's magic for which you have no logical explanation. You can logically see the design as a strong argument for design and deny the need for a designer.