Without an independent criterion distinguishing 'complexity' from mere 'difference', the claim that heterogeneity constitutes progress is a normative imposition, not an empirical finding.

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Empirical finding(as used in epistemology and philosophy of science): A fact discovered through observation and testing in the real world, rather than just through thinking or defining terms.
Independent criterion(as used in logic and evaluation): A separate, objective standard or test for judging something that doesn't depend on the thing being judged itself.
Normative imposition(the statement claims saying variety equals progress is this, not a fact): A value judgment or rule that you're forcing onto something, based on what you think *should* be true rather than what *actually* is true.
complexity(Second decision point in the Explanatory Filter, applied to contingent phenomena): A property of phenomena that go beyond mere breakdown or disorder; used in the Explanatory Filter to distinguish chance from design among contingent events

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