Well I understand complexity through the way Dawkins defines it in The Blind Watchmaker. Something that is unlikely to come about by chance alone.
An eye has many parts working together that make it very very very improbable to just 'happen'. Or just 'be there right from the start'.
So it has to evolve gradually. You only get complexity of this definition, through gradual changes - it doesn't come about by chance alone. It doesn't just JUMP into existence - or build up with huge steps, big chunks, rather than really slowly.
- Its a continuum.
Nor could you simply say "oh well the eye was ALWAYS there". Just as you shouldn't say it with God. Because its just as illogical. You might as well just say the universe was always there - or the big bang was always there to bang, or whatever.
An eye has many parts working together that make it very very very improbable to just 'happen'. Or just 'be there right from the start'.
So it has to evolve gradually. You only get complexity of this definition, through gradual changes - it doesn't come about by chance alone. It doesn't just JUMP into existence - or build up with huge steps, big chunks, rather than really slowly.
- Its a continuum.
Nor could you simply say "oh well the eye was ALWAYS there". Just as you shouldn't say it with God. Because its just as illogical. You might as well just say the universe was always there - or the big bang was always there to bang, or whatever.
