Human Devolution

[I_am_not_mafia]

Mathilda I can see you have very little understanding of what irreducible complexity is “Irreducible complexity is a term used to describe a characteristic of certain complex systems whereby they need all of their individual component parts in place in order to function. In other words, it is impossible to reduce the complexity of (or to simplify) an irreducibly complex system by removing any of its component parts and still maintain its functionality.” (creation dot com)

I really have no idea why you would think it has anything to do with the ecosystem, and am quite frankly shocked at your answer.

Your use of the phrase "still maintain its functionality" suggests that it has been designed for a specific purpose. You are presupposing certain things to be true.

Either way, if you remove a species from an ecosystem then it can entirely collapse. For example, remove plankton and the entire food chain disappears.

If you are 'quite frankly shocked' then you are quite frankly ignorant. Ecosystems are also self organising systems.

I notice that you have not contested the idea that the idea of irreducible complexity completely ignores the fact that systems develop and change over time.

Take certain bridges. They can be irreducibly complex because if you remove any part of it then it will collapse. But that ignores the fact that it developed over time using scaffolding that was then removed once it could support itself. It doesn't matter if they evolved or were designed. Either way they depended upon the presence of other components before reaching the form where a creationist would call them irreducibly complex.

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As I said, I can evolve many different systems that cease to function if you take away one component.