Desrtopa comments on The Wonder of Evolution - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Desrtopa 28 April 2012 02:20:21AM 5 points [-]

Well, we don't know the exact cause of the Cambrian explosion, but there are a large number of plausible hypotheses, so I'd be hesitant to describe it even as A. I'd be more likely to put it in the same category as the lineage of bats, not known, but not particularly confusing either.

As to whether the laws of nature and so forth come about by chance or design, why would design resolve anything? Did the designer come about by chance or design? It just inserts another complex entity and pushes the question back a step.