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  • Essay / The debate over the plausibility of irreducible complexity

    Irreducible complexityWhat is irreducible complexity? Michael Behe, the coiner of the term irreducible complexity, said that it is "a single system composed of several interacting parts that contribute to the basic function, and in which the removal of one of the parts causes the system to actually shut down. » ' (Darwin's Black Box p39 in the 2006 edition) In English, irreducible complexity is a debate by intelligent design proponents that specific organic systems are too complex to have evolved from simpler ancestors. He argues that natural selection cannot explain irreducible complexity. Irreducible complexity is used to describe a trait of complex systems where they need all of their parts to function properly. That is, it is not practical to reduce the complexity of an irreducibly complex system by eliminating one of its constituent elements while maintaining the status quo. Proponents of irreducible complexity argue that there is an intelligent designer. They say that a natural explanation is insufficient to explain every complex organism. There are people who support the idea that humans could not have come from non-living things. People who believe this are called creationists. Creationists believe that there is only one God and that He created everything. They believe that He is the Intelligent Designer and that every living creature on the planet could not have simply emerged from the "black soup". On the other hand, opponents of irreducible complexity are those who believe in evolution. They believe that tiny organisms appeared unexpectedly. Then these tiny organisms evolved into something more complex, and more and more complex. And ultimately you get a very complex organism. It's called the m...... middle of paper ...... safely conclude on one thing. It seems that it is difficult for many to believe that there is a Creator for living beings, regardless of their religion. For the majority of people, it seems much easier to accept the “most popular” ideas. For those who like to accept the popular idea, I would like to ask a question: if you found a smartphone on a beach, would you think: “Boy, this smartphone must have evolved over billions and billions of years from an old phone. that Bell invented, or even from a rock? This is not the case. You immediately think that someone from Silicon Valley/Apple Inc. invented this smartphone. You think there is one or more creators for this phone. So why is it so difficult for you to think that there is a Creator for us living beings? We are much more complex than this smartphone. That's a million dollar question. Now you think about that…