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The problem with creationism and god

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11-19-2009 3:45 AM 		Reply to: Message 34 by Blzebub
11-18-2009 5:10 PM

irreducibly complex and not simplifiable
There are irreducibly complex systems.
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No there are not.
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I don't think you're generally supposed to reply to such admin messages, but...I think he meant that there are systems that are irreducibly complex in such a way that, if you were to start "shotgun debugging" or to metaphorically take a pickaxe and start removing pieces, they would fail to work.
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That's a different thing from saying there's no way it could be simplified - so as long as he meant the former and not the latter, then he's right
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