RE: The Watchmaker: my fav argument
March 6, 2021 at 1:01 pm
(This post was last modified: March 6, 2021 at 1:03 pm by R00tKiT.)
(March 6, 2021 at 12:48 pm)Angrboda Wrote:(March 6, 2021 at 12:39 pm)Klorophyll Wrote: Your definition is vacuous because you're using a term you're asking me to define. Never mind, I'll do it for you: a complex particle like molecules, sand, etc is a combination or aggregation of [lots and lots of] elementary particles. Now let's hear yours.
Under your definition, any collection of matter is complex. The only thing that is simple, then, is empty space. Fail. (*)
Let's hear my what?
(*) That's not even strictly true, as the only thing differentiating sparsely populated universes and solid rocks is the space between. It's all relative and therefore everything is an aggregate and therefore complex.
I specifically said : complex=agreggation of elementary particles. Read again: elementary particles. They are simple.
More about elementary particles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementary_particle