On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 11:38 AM, Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>> Richard Dawkins >>> said >>> "*The theory of evolution by cumulative natural selection is the only >>> theory we know of that is, in principle, capable of explaining the >>> existence of organized complexity*." >>> >>> >> > > > This is just ridiculous. Elementary arithmetic leads to all possible > levels of complexity, > Dawkins like Darwin was interests in what matter can do (like produce life), and without matter arithmetic , e lementary or otherwise, doesn't lead to complexity or to anything else. > > > complexity can arise from very simple iteration of very simple number > (natural, or not) number relations. > And Darwin showed how iteration with some random variation thrown in will produce complexity if the resources needed for reproduction are not infinite. Or to say exactly the same thing more simply, Evolution is just random mutation and natural selection. John K Clark > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
