The process of evolution remains one of immense improbability. ... Just the right mutations, in just the right sequence, had to occur to get the nervous system, the cardiovascular system, and so forth.
The fallacy there is that - once achieved - any 'random' sequence is improbable. Ten million coin tosses will give a particular sequence: that specific sequence is in itself incredibly improbable... but no individual toss is unlikely, and the result need have no design or purpose.
Carbon bonds in specific ways: specific molecules are likely to align in certain ways, given their shapes: some chemical reactions free energy, and are more likely than others: and so forth. It is arguable, I grant, that the probabilities were initially shaped... but that's also unprovable. In hindsight, this is the way it went - that's all. It could be seen as 'accidental', but only because we're not present to see the result of any other accidental choices...
And I can't argue with your last paragraph since that's been my point all along - at best, unprovable. Even if, to some, believable... <g> |
