irreducible complexity
nounEtymology
Coined by Michael Behe in his book Darwin's Black Box (1996).
Definitions
The proposition that complex organs such as eyes and flagella must have started existing…
The proposition that complex organs such as eyes and flagella must have started existing in their current form; i.e., that they cannot have evolved from previous, less complex stages.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for irreducible complexity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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