Irreducible complexity: circular causality is similar (Introduction)

by David Turell , Thursday, May 23, 2019, 14:07 (2012 days ago) @ dhw

QUOTE: "Eberlin doesn’t buy punk eek, because (he writes) it “offers no credible mechanism for the geologically rapid evolution of new forms.'”

DAVID: ...this idea of circular causality is certainly a stronger criticism of Darwin-style -evolution than irreducible complexity. It fits all of my comments about the struggling origin of life experiments.

dhw: Nobody has offered a credible explanation for the origin of life, or a credible mechanism for the evolution of new forms, or a credible solution to the chicken and egg mystery. That is why they continue to be a source of controversy. We can all very easily debunk any of the theories, including that of an unknown, sourceless mind which keeps itself hidden.

Still leaves us perplexed: how to explain why we are here? Only design fits.