Ockham’s Razor and Darwinism
Posted on May 4, 2008
Filed Under Reason, Liberalism, Religion, Science, Darwinism, Intelligent Design |
Ockham’s Razor is a generally accepted scientific principle that states, in essence, that all things being equal, the simplest answer tends to be right one. That scientists rely on this principle heavily during scientific research to make assumptions and assertions suggests that, by scientific estimation, simple is better than complex.
If, then, it is true that the simple answer is better or more reliable than the alternatives, why would science be more than happy to jump to the conclusion that man has evolved from an ultra simple single-celled organism into a highly complex species? If nature tends towards simplicity, why would natural selection and evolution move a species from super simple high efficiency to super complicated high maintenance?
Further, why would life have evolved into separate sexes, male and female, if certainly the simplest and most efficient method of reproduction is asexual? It could be fairly argued that the dynamics of human male-female interrelations are among the most complicated in nature, and yet that is how “nature” has designed the species, and according to Darwinists, per natural selection and evolution, this complicated way is superior to the alternatives; otherwise it would not have survived the generations of evolution, much less been the result of the generations of evolution.
So either science is completely wrong about the principle of Ockham’s Razor and they cling to it out of complete lack of anything else of substance from which to base observational conclusions; or science is completely wrong about evolution.
Don’t get me wrong: Science is not bad or inherently evil. But the science being pimped in the press and institutions of the world is obviously grossly lacking in power and substance.
Maybe it’s finally time to admit that science as the solitary pursuer and provider of truth is not, as they say, a perfect science.
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