Originally Posted by
hammegk
Good question.
At least in the Anthropic Principal sense, what I see around me appears to strive for added complexity.
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Who is the Anthropic Principal? Some senior figure at your High School?
Oh, and appearances can, of course, be deceptive.
The current Theory of Evolution does not require any "striving for comlpexity" or any striving at all, just variability, the occasional mutation and differential survival. All of which we know to exist.
Didn't some 14th century friar say, "Plurality should not be assumed without necessity"?