Q&A: Complexity
Complexity
Question
The Rabbi referred to the laws of physics, biology, etc. as “complex,” in the context of the watchmaker analogy.
It’s not sufficiently clear to me how one can attribute complexity to a system of laws when we live within it. Could you point me to somewhere if you addressed this in the past?
Thank you very much.
Answer
An indication of the complexity of a system of laws is the products it creates. For example, life is something super complex, and our laws of nature created and continue to create life.
Discussion on Answer
And if so, then what?
Is it yes or no?
To begin with, besides exempting God from the rule “everything has a cause,” you also have to exempt Him from the rule “complex things have a component.”
If He has no cause, how would He have a component?
If God has no cause and He is complex, then He has no component. In particular, He is an exception to the rule “complex things have a component” only if He is complex. He is not an exception to that rule if He is simple.
I still don’t know whether your answer to the original question is yes or no. What is the answer explicitly, with no hints, no going around in circles, no ambiguity? Is the fact that God created a complex world an indication that God is complex?
No, it is not an indication. And the discussion is neither important nor relevant, even if it were an indication. An unnecessary discussion.
Why not?
Isn’t that also an indication of God’s complexity?