Irreducible Complexity - Behe et al.Some systems can't be produced by natural selection because any precursor to an irreducibly complex system that is missing a part is by definition nonfunctional. Therefore design is evident.
Rebuttle:"Behe's colossal mistake is that, in rejecting these possibilities, he concludes that no Darwinian solution remains. But one does. It is this: An irreducibly complex system can be built gradually by adding parts that, while initially just advantageous, become-because of later changes-essential. The logic is very simple. Some part (A) initially does some job (and not very well, perhaps). Another part (B) later gets added because it helps A. This new part isn't essential, it merely improves things. But later on, A (or something else) may change in such a way that B now becomes indispensable. This process continues as further parts get folded into the system. And at the end of the day, many parts may all be required." -
H. Allen Orr
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