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The reason he says this, is that evolution by natural selection is the only process that we know of that describes how complexity comes to be.

• foldr 17y ago
  It surely can't explain the basic complexity of the laws of physics, or the complexity of mathematical structures like the integers. There are plenty of complex things which have no explanation in terms of natural selection.
  • joubert 17y ago
    "Basic complexity"?
    • foldr 17y ago
      Fine, the complexity of the laws of physics. (And is it really that difficult to discern which reading of "basic" gives a non-contradictory reading in that context? Hint: a near-synonym is "fundamental".)