Current Biology (journal) – Uncommon Descent

Cell biology Evolution Intelligent Design

A striking admission that Michael Behe was right

What he is saying is precisely Behe’s point in Darwin Devolves. Cell evolution is mostly about destroying complex equipment that hinders immediate survival. (The question of how the equipment came to be so complex beforehand is separate from the question of what life forms actually do when they evolve.)

Cell biology Evolution Intelligent Design

Some remarkable admissions in a Current Biology editorial

So cellular evolution is not the assured result of settled science, as we’ve all been told. Well, it certainly did sound more like a catfight over there. With a similar respect for facts.

Origenes PM1 @ 47 Let’s call that the Independence Constraint, for the time being: it would be a constraint on a... – Skeptic argues free will is real
martin_r Alan Fox Now you people (Darwinists, biologists, microbiologists, archeologists, paleontologists, anthropologists and all the other “-logists”) have to show us... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
aarceng Does the snowflake encode the environmental factors during its formation? If you knew enough about how they formed could you... – If two snowflakes are identical, does...
kairosfocus AF & circle, ID as theory is a research programme, which would be defined by core theses; in other forms,... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
aarceng Pav @3 “ If we define, a la Shannon, information as being the negative log of entropy”. It is my... – If two snowflakes are identical, does...
kairosfocus AF & Circle, strawman with ad hom. M_r is simply saying, very reasonably, that in real science, claims need to... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
Alan Fox From KF's link: The theory of intelligent design (ID) holds that certain features of the universe and of living things... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
kairosfocus M_r, I doubt that life ever boiled down to a single, self replicating cell. Just the need for smart gated... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
Alan Fox Now you people (Darwinists, biologists, microbiologists, archeologists, paleontologists, anthropologists and all the other “-logists”) have to show us ONLY ONE... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
kairosfocus AF & circle, further distractive tangents. As a first step, the Resources Tab, accessible from this and every UD page,... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
martin_r KF, these metabolic networks ... I would like to understand, how something like that can evolve by random mutations, copying... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
martin_r Alan Fox Let’s see whether you can provide an accurate definition of ID. Can anyone do that? Intelligent design definition:... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
martin_r Querius A scientist stands before God in the judgment. God asks the scientist, “Didn’t the complexity of life on earth,... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
Alan Fox Let’s see whether you can provide an accurate definition of ID.Can anyone do that? It would certainly be a useful... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
Querius Critical Rationalist @229, According to ID, we exhibit the appearance of design. Which exactly the thing that ID is trying... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
critical rationalist A sad state of affairs. The Designer is outside of space and time and creates without using pre-existing matter. Can... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
critical rationalist No, it doesn’t. From your own reference… In this view, splitting is not an abrupt event. It evolves through decoherence... – Is there a center of the...
Querius Martin_r @223, CR, replication requires materials and components, properly arranged, oriented and coupled; You know what any replication requires? THE... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
Querius Haha, love it, Jerry! Thank you! Is there also a gene that compels people to come up with settled solutions... – A review of Nicholas Spencer’s Magisteria:...
Querius Seversky @5, For me, the problem with the concept of a self-organizing Universe is that, as with evolution, it does... – Stephen Hawking’s co-author: Hawking thought that...
relatd CD, Sorry, but my ChatGPT Righteous Indignation program failed. – Stephen Hawking’s co-author: Hawking thought that...