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To: thedeaconskid
What do you do with the eye of the trilobite? These are some of the oldest fossils we have but the eye is the most complicated that has been seen. If evolution is true, they should be simpler than what is found today.

I wanted to answer this one separately, because it is a common straw-man thrown up by the YEC crowd.

Evolution does NOT say that everything must evolve to more complexity; it says that things essentially evolve to the most efficient. In the case of the Trilobite eye, modern eyes may in fact be considerably more efficient in terms of operation versus size.

It is why some traits are eventually dropped as creation evolves, and it is why some new mutations thrive. If the mutation/trait is efficient in survival terms, it will tend to stick around.

Complexity is NOT the reason; efficiency is!

229 posted on 04/14/2009 5:32:00 PM PDT by PugetSoundSoldier (Indignation over the sting of truth is the defense of the indefensible)
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To: PugetSoundSoldier; thedeaconskid
Evolution does NOT say that everything must evolve to more complexity; it says that things essentially evolve to the most efficient

I really hate to butt into these arguments but I think you're trying to argue that humans evolved from slime or cave dwellers or whatever you claim we came from into the beings we are today with one of the most complex brains on the planet. How's that efficient?

230 posted on 04/14/2009 5:40:18 PM PDT by SwankyC (Please stand by - The Patriot Act can and will be used against all of you right wing extremists.)
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