Irreducible complexity is a gross misunderstanding of how chemical and biological organisms situate themselves into that situation. Lets start from the beginning. Many chemical reactions cannot occur without an enzyme or catalyst. You can combine two chemicals together, but unless they either A) Reach an energy threshold or B) Reach a much lower energy threshold by utilizing a catalyst, the reactions will not occur. Its impossible. From this basic chemical concept, we can acknowledge that chemical reactions are very conserved. They want to use and favor the least amount of energy possible. Using this same line of reasoning, we can conclude that for the reproductive success of various organisms, certain parts or scaffolds were needed to be built. These scaffolds assisted with building further complex structures. However, once those structures could operate, the scaffolds were taking up energy. Biological organisms are conservative with energy and differential probability stepped in. Within the population, organisms with a higher energy conservation rate compared to organisms with a lower energy conservation rate would survive more readily. The structure that is built takes up energy and acts parasitic, sucking energy out of the organism in order to build the structure. If the structure offers no benefit, we can treat these structures like a memory leak. Organisms that lack these structures have a much higher energy efficiency and less energy leaks, leading to a higher rate of surviving. This is why objects look irreducibly complex. It isnt because something created them like that. Its because of these scaffolding constructs that are no longer around.
Posted on: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 20:25:36 +0000
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