God’s Irreducible Complexity Debunked Using… ComputerScience?

Many creationists and theists invoke the argument of irreducible complexity in an attempt to discount the theory of evolution. So… what is irreducible complexity?

According to the argument of irreducible complexity, we couldn’t have evolved slowly from single-celled organisms over time, we must have had a designer! It is a naive argument made by those who don’t have a suitable understanding of the theory of evolution, or even worse, those who choose to work backward from a predetermined conclusion based on faith.

Infinite Recursion

Many have made the point I’m going to make, that is, the problem of the creator of god , but I want to demonstrate it in a way that mathematicians and programmers can easily relate to. Take a gander at the following Javascript class:

class Being {
    constructor(creator, alive) {
        this.creator = creator;
        this.alive = alive;
    }
    // complex beings must be alive and have a creator
    isComplex(){
        return this.alive && this.getCreator() !== null;
    }
    getCreator(){
        if (!this.creator.isComplex()){
            throw "universe blows up, creator isn't a complex being"
        }
        return this.creator
    }
}

Let’s review the code in English. We define a “complex being” as a being that must be alive and have a complex being as its creator. This is a simplistic definition, but sufficient for any debate regarding creationism.

In order to create an instance of a complex being (via the constructor), we must provide a complex being to serve as the creator. In order to create that complex creator, we must provide that creator’s constructor with another creator. This infinitely recursive problem demonstrates the problem:

If we are too complex to have evolved via natural processes, then our creator is too. Our creator's creator must also have had a creator, ad infinitum.

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