IRREDUCIBLY COMPLEX STRUCTURES STRENUOUSLY ARGUE AGAINST EVOLUTION

 

 

Perhaps every biological structure is irreducibly complex (IC). IC points out that any functioning structure can only work if all its parts are in place and assembled to function. Biologist Michael Behe famously used the mousetrap to illustrate this. For the mousetrap to function, it must have at least five parts simultaneously in place—the base, spring, lever, moorings, and trigger mechanism. It also has to be set with enticing food.

Any useful biological structure must be even more complex. It must be integrated, serviced, and maintained by the rest of the organism. However, evolutionary theory acknowledges that each individual part must confer a survival advantage to the organism. However, each part places a burden on the organism if it provides no advantage unless it is accompanied by the full complement of parts.

There are almost endless examples of IC. A woodpecker requires many simultaneous and coordinated features to carve out a home within a tree and to find insect delicacies in the process:

·       A head that can tolerate the impact

·       A beak which is shaped for pecking

·       An extra set of eyelids which close right at the time of impact

·       A hearing system that can detect insects within the tree

·       Immunity to the acidic secretions of ants’

·       Ability to climb trees with tail feathers to support it as it pecks

·       Neural systems and a brain which provide the instincts necessary to carve out a nest. https://www.pbs.org/video/woodpeckers-the-hole-story-xjpqdf/?utm_source=whattowatchnews&utm_medium=email&utm_term=mainpromo1&utm_content=20221104&utm_campaign=naat_2022

Is evolution able to provide a detailed explanation for the creation of any IC systems? No, just hopes of a God-alternative! However, this video ignores the many glaring pointers to ID while standing on the same non-evidential assumptions that evolution is the answer.