I'm not talking about "creation" here. I'm talking about intelligent design. I am not taking a position against any sort of "evolution," just random, Darwinian evolution. I guess the Bible does suggest that all of the intelligent design happened at once, but I wouldn't rule out a creation in steps not too different from the way you characterize the evolution of systems designed by humans.
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Randomness only refers to the mutations that produce the possibility of variation. Do you acknowledge the existence of genetic variation? The three central tenets -- overproduction, heritability, and variation -- exist with absolute certainty. What do these properties imply for a system? If you now add Darwin's contribution -- natural selection -- you have an algorithm for producing "design" in an entirely mindless fashion.