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irreducible complexity
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Japanese Meaning
生物学や疑似科学の文脈で、目や鞭毛といった複雑な器官が、現在の形で初めから存在し、より単純な段階からでは進化し得ないという主張を指す。
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(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.
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irreducible complexity
The debate at the conference centered on irreducible complexity and whether it could be reconciled with evolutionary theory.
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The debate at the conference centered on irreducible complexity and whether it could be reconciled with evolutionary theory.
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