Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> ID is certainly testable: We've found no irreducibly complex substructures, 

  Even if there *are* irreducibly complex structures in biology (which
I wouldn't be surprised if they existed) it still doesn't mean it could
not have formed by natural means. "Irreducibly complex" does not mean
"impossible to build" (because it would be outright *impossible*, duh).
It simply means that the structure cannot be formed by simply adding each
individual part one at a time. However, it can be built by having additional
helping structures which are later removed as obsolete.

  The classic example is an arc made of stones: Remove even one single
stone, and the whole arc collapses. The arc is irreducibly complex.
However, that doesn't mean the arc is impossible to construct: First
you build a supporting frame, then add the stones, then remove the frame.
Nothing says this cannot happen naturally. (In fact, evolution often gets
rid of parts that become useless over time because they only consume valuable
resources for no benefit. Thus, just because a supporting part is not anymore
there doesn't mean it was never there.)

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                                                          - Warp

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