irreducible complexity

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irreducible complexity

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Coined by Michael Behe in his book Darwin's Black Box (1996).

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uncountable 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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@misc{irreducible_complexity_2026,
  title = {irreducible complexity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/irreducible%20complexity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}