ribosome – Uncommon Descent

Cell biology Intelligent Design Origin Of Life

Origin of life specialist suggested that ID folk should focus on the ribosome

Harvard’s George Church: And if I were to be an intelligent design defender, that’s what I would focus on; how did the ribosome come to be?

Cell biology Intelligent Design Origin Of Life

Researchers: Ribosome translational system dates back to earliest Earth

From ScienceDaily: So audacious was Marcus Bray’s experiment that even he feared it would fail. In the system inside cells that translates genetic code into life, he replaced about 1,000 essential linchpins with primitive substitutes to see if the translational system would survive and function. It seemed impossible, yet it worked swimmingly, and Bray had Read More…

critical rationalist A scientific theory is based on the laws of physics. ID is based on the ability of an intelligence to... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
Querius Origenes @368, The designer and the watch do not fall into the same category. Similarly, the thinker and his thoughts... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
relatd AF at 380, Yes, they are happening right now. The Congregation for the Causes of Saints investigates miracles. It is... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
Querius Origenes @360, WRT Alan Fox I will ignore Alan Fox from now on, for deliberately misquoting Querius in #267; see... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
Querius Kairosfocus @353, Great post! One would hope that in 50 years, objectors would acknowledge basic points, but that has patently... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
Alan Fox Simplifying. Are miracles happening now? Where's the evidence? – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
PyrrhoManiac1 @11 You say its okay to deliberately kill a guy unconscious in the emergency room, because it’s like killing an... – Give Dawkins credit for guts: He...
jerry the seeds of racism are in all of us Distrust of others is built in. It’s a survival instinct. But... – Darwin a slavery abolitionist? Aw, come...
relatd CD at 11, Nothing surprises me anymore... – Darwin a slavery abolitionist? Aw, come...
jerry Can we estimate, given, for the sake of arguments that deviations from the laws of the universe happen to living... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
chuckdarwin Relatd/9 Although I don’t eat from a bowl on the floor, I do occasionally drink out of the toilet…… – Darwin a slavery abolitionist? Aw, come...
martin_r CD @40 of course, we don't know as much as you do ... – Of Dragonflies, Spitfires and Elliptical Wings
chuckdarwin Martin r/ Of course you do…… – Of Dragonflies, Spitfires and Elliptical Wings
Alan Fox Why don’t you pursue it?I will certainly keep an eye out for such an event but gathering evidence might be... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
jerry The necessary discontinuity with say the second law of thermodynamics being violated would be Earth-shattering news Why don’t you pursue... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
doubter It seems to me, Hawking just replaced one irrationality with another, and still makes the egregious error of sticking with... – Stephen Hawking’s co-author: Hawking thought that...
relatd Regarding abortion. The whole point is to kill a human being as opposed to a "blob of tissue" as it... – Give Dawkins credit for guts: He...
Alan Fox There is no scientific theory of ID.Bold of you to say so, Jerry. Explains why no-one had been able to... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
jerry You should probably let KF, BA, UB, etc. know They know. Anyone who believes ID is a scientific theory confuses... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
critical rationalist There is no scientific theory of ID. You should probably let KF, BA, UB, etc. know. It would save them... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
relatd AF at 359, You're very good at it. I suggest you stop... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...