The classic argument is that we're so complex, so how could it have possibly happened by chance? But then, are we really? To those who argue that evolution and natural selection cannot be perfect - well, are we? Suppose that the chance is existent, but next to null - given, but the universe is, as far as we can tell, infinite. For every planet with so-called 'advanced' life on it, there are nigh-infinite planets that lie empty or uninhabitable.

There's, of course, the argument that we're not really all that complex, we only seem as such from our perspectives - the realm of knowledge which we possess as a species is so incomprehensible on the individual level, and the incomprehensibility is only lent by the supposed vastness of our population - which, again, can only really be understood by accepting the amount of human contacts one can feasibly maintain or remember. The idea that the global population is "large" rests largely on our ability to keep track of numbers.

The most damning critique, though, is that this thought only appears because we are able to think it. We think, "Wow, I'm able to think! That's fucked up!" even though without that ability we wouldn't be able to question it. So then sentience is the thing, not so much design. Sentience is pretty fucked up.
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