It is not clear to me that Dr. Paulos fully understands the problem. For example:
> Let me begin by noting that even about the seemingly completely disordered, we can always say something. No universe could be completely random at all levels of analysis.
The issue is not some random pattern, such as predominance of color magenta or funky fractals. The issue is a very particular complexity that allows human life forms to develop.
> Kauffman asks us to consider a large collection of 10,000 light bulbs, each bulb having inputs from two other bulbs in the collection.
Who arranged the light bulbs?
Ok, let’s try this again without the sarcasm. Genes do not turn themselves on and off. That is done by other cellular molecules (proteins and non-coding RNA) which are precisely controlled by other molecules and chemical conditions. These molecules are expressed (generated) from DNA (genes). To generate these molecules both the DNA and the molecules must be present and the molecular and chemical conditions have to be exactly right. Otherwise it just does not happen. Evolutionists do attempt to explain this chicken-and-egg problem by proposing an existence of “RNA World” where all molecular players were RNA. Since RNA degrades if you look at it cross-eye, no actual evidence of this “RNA World” will ever be found. This makes for a rather convenient hypothesis.
It seems that evolutionists are able to make arguments only by ignoring the real life complexity of the Universe and Biology or by proposing un-testable hypothesis.
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