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Q&A: On Randomness in Evolution

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On Randomness in Evolution

Question

Is the randomness in evolution pseudo-randomness or true randomness? (Because if it could be shown that it is pseudo-randomness, then the argument from complexity to the existence of God would not collapse.)

Answer

In most cases, and perhaps all of them, it is pseudo-randomness, since in nature there is nothing truly random apart from quantum phenomena at scales that are not relevant to evolution.
But I do not see what connection this has to the physico-theological argument. Either way, it still stands. If it is pseudo-random, then it turns out that the laws lead the world straight to its complex purpose, and that means there is someone who intentionally legislated them for that purpose. That is much stronger evidence. But even if it is random, the laws of nature within which that randomness operates are still what are responsible for the result, and therefore the laws prove the existence of a lawgiver.

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