David DeWitt, a young earth creationist who heads creation
studies at Liberty University, writes to comment on the
ubiquitous use of the phrase, "more complex than thought" in
science journalism: Since we often hear the phrase "more complex
than thought", I thought I would do a Google search for it. It
turns up ~11,000 pages when used in quotes for the exact phrase.
Some things that were "more complex than thought" from the first
few pages: Fetal immune system Malaria in pregnancy Brain's
visual processing bat's social lives Of course, only a
materialist would ever have "thought" these things are simple.
The phrase is classic social code: "We know that, at bottom, it
is all very, very simple, so we are going to actually tell you
about this complexity but DON'T waver in your faith." DeWitt
also draws my attention to his new textbook explicating young
earth creationism . I don't see the point or have much use for
the beleif that Earth is less than 10,000 years old, but I hope
that people who are planning to tra