RE: Theoretical physics shows "irreducible complexity" arguments invalid.
May 9, 2014 at 11:56 am
(May 9, 2014 at 11:44 am)rasetsu Wrote:(May 8, 2014 at 8:19 pm)Rampant.A.I. Wrote: Quantum Entanglement implies complexity is an inherent property of the universe, measured by time. Things get more complex as time goes on (so to speak), therefore "irreducibly complex; i.e. not reducible to the result of natural systems" no longer makes sense according to physics.
Irreducible complexity has always, by definition, appealed to causes that are not currently known, ie. natural causes. To say that natural science rules out irreducible complexity is to argue that only natural causes currently known exist. You're effectively claiming that IC doesn't exist because only natural causes exist, and nothing in your article justifies that conclusion.
So no, quantum entanglement and decoherence do not show "irreducible complexity" arguments invalid.
I seems to come away with the opposite impression of "Irreducible complexity". Irreduciable complexity appear to me to assume the nonexistence of currently unknown natural causes or unanticipated sequences of natural causes. Therefore if complexity appear to be difficult to arise spontaneously thorough anticipated sequences of known natural causes within time frame allowed, it must be difficult to arise through any sequences of any natural causes within the time frame allowed.
Regardless of interpretation of irreducible complexity, it is pertains strictly to classical deterministic physics events operating in a classically individually deterministic world within a very finite time frame. I don't see how quantum mechanics can shed much light on it.
