(B) ‘the Universe Is Too Complex for Evolutionary Theory to Explain It.’ Discuss.

It can be argued that the universe is too complex for evolutionary theory to explain it with reference to intelligent design. This states that some organisms are way too complex to have been created through evolution. For example, if you take away a feature from the eye it will not be able to see thus it would not have evolved as all its features were needed for it to be able to be classed as an eye. Secondly, Paley's watch analogy explains how the world shows design and order which proves that the world had to be designed rather than just have developed through evolution as the theory states. Thirdly, Plato was a philosopher who argued this physical world is the world of appearances thus it is all an illusion thus too complex for an evolutionary theory to explain it because you cannot actually explain an illusion because it is not even real in the first place. Moreover, it can be argued that the conditions on earth are too perfect to have been created by chance thus the universe is too complex for evolutionary theory to explain it because evolution cannot be the real cause that everything on earth is so perfect. In addition, it can be argued evolution is only a 'theory' thus it is not necessarily the real explanation for the reason why the universe is here. On the other hand, it can be argued that nothing is ever too complex because what is classed as complex is subjective thus if someone believed that the creation of the universe was not that complex , evolutionary theory can actually explain it. Furthermore, it can be argued that everything has an explanation through a theory as it is logical thus even it cannot be explained through an evolutionary theory there will be one that it can be explained with. Consequently, a philosopher called Russell argued that we don't actually need to explain why the universe is here thus it is not too complex to explain, it is just unnecessary to do so.