irreducible complexity
Noun

irreducible complexity (uncountable)

  1. (biology, pseudoscience) The proposition that complex organs such as eyes and flagella must have started existing in their current form; i.e., that they cannot have evolved from previous, less complex stages.
Related terms
  • irreducibly complex



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