(October 28, 2012 at 12:59 pm)DoubtVsFaith Wrote: Why can't one genetic step lead to consciousness? Consciousness is generally speaking complex, apparently (complex in what way?), but the first type of consciousness that ever formed may have been very simple.
What do you mean by simple? Relative to us, yes. But it's still complex.
Quote: And even if the first ever type of consciousness was complex, why does that imply that it can't have happened in one genetic step?
It can happen, but not by "random" mutations. In other words, there is a huge difference between a concious being and non-conscious being. There has to be so many mutations that work together to produce it. But random mutations in one step doesn't seem to be rational.