Many Intelligent Design advocates propose the "watch" analogy. Imagine one is walking along a beach and suddenly encounters a wrist-watch. Given its relative sophistication vis-a-vis its environment, and the obvious non-random care with which it was made, does the wrist-watch pre-suppose an Intelligent Designer? Scientists have evidence that random mutations and selection can account for even the greatest complexity, whereas intelligent design proponents and creation scientists assume that given the deliberate nature of the watch, it must have had external design. | Many Intelligent Design advocates propose the "watch" analogy. Imagine one is walking along a beach and suddenly encounters a wrist-watch. Given its relative sophistication vis-a-vis its environment, and the obvious non-random care with which it was made, does the wrist-watch pre-suppose an Intelligent Designer? Scientists have evidence that random mutations and selection can account for even the greatest complexity, whereas intelligent design proponents and creation scientists assume that given the deliberate nature of the watch, it must have had external design. |