Category: Origin Of Life
VIDEO: Doug Axe on making odds on getting to a protein by chance in Amino Acid sequence space
| May 19, 2013 | Posted by kairosfocus under Functionally Specified Complex Information & Organization, ID Foundations, Irreducible Complexity, Origin Of Life, Video |
In Illustra Media’s Darwin’s Dilemma, there is a clip on proteins as islands of function in amino acid sequence space: embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Direkt Food for thought. As a stimulus to such, let us next note how the bloggist Wintery Knight has given an interesting summary of the challenges involved if a chance-dominated process… more
Andre asks an excellent question regarding DNA as a part of an in-cell irreducibly complex communication system
| April 23, 2013 | Posted by kairosfocus under ID Foundations, Irreducible Complexity, Origin Of Life, Tree of life |
Newbie commenter Andre, in an exchange with Mr Matzke, asks some interesting questions concerning DNA. First, let us remind ourselves of what we are discussing, courtesy NIH: Next, Andre’s comment: DNA has the following; 1. Functional Information 2. Encoder 3. Error correction [4]. Decoder . . . can you please show me in a step… more
ID Foundations, 18 (video): Dr Stephen Meyer of Discovery Institute presents the case for Intelligent Design (with particular reference to OoL)
Here, HT WK: embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Direkt Take an hour and a half to learn what ID is about (yes, what it is really about [and cf. here at UD for correctives to common strawman distortions . . . ]), with particular focus on the origin of cell based life [OoL], through watching a… more
ID Foundations, 17: Stephen C. Meyer’s summary of the positive inductive logic case for design as best explanation of the FSCO/I* in DNA
(Prev. : No 16 F/N: 17a, here) *NB: For those new to UD, FSCO/I means: Functionally Specific Complex Organisation and/or associated Information From time to time, we need to refocus our attention on foundational issues relating to the positive case for inferring design as best explanation for certain phenomena connected to origins of the cosmos,… more
(More) Function, the evolution-free gospel of ENCODE
| March 24, 2013 | Posted by andyjones under 'Junk DNA', Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life, Self-Org. Theory |
I need a picture of a small, hot-blooded mammal taunting an irritable dinosaur. An animation would be even better: the dinosaur would have a tic which makes him roar ‘IDiot’ constantly. Maybe make that several small mammals, becoming dozens and then hundreds. Singing something witty to the hamster dance. Or maybe not that last bit.… more
Why on Earth would a layman accept Darwinistic claims?
| March 18, 2013 | Posted by William J Murray under Biology, Chemistry, Complex Specified Information, Darwinism, Evolution, Evolutionary biology, Human evolution, Mind, Origin Of Life |
First, by “Darwinistic” I mean “atheistic-materialist neo-Darwinist”, which includes the view that even the origin of life can be explained by reference to chance and natural law. As Alan Fox points out, many of those here are “laymen” when it comes to evolutionary biology. Most of us are not specifically schooled or trained in that… more
EA’s 101 on some of the challenges of OOL Chemistry
| January 29, 2013 | Posted by kairosfocus under ID Foundations, Origin Of Life, science education |
One of the great things about UD is the commenters. In this case Eric Anderson has put up a summary — some days back — on an aspect of the blind- chance- and/or- necessity- in- a- chemical- stew- in- a- pond (or the like) OOL challenges that is well worth headlining: ___________ >> biological structures are… more
The island that (maps notwithstanding) simply wasn’t there . . .
| November 23, 2012 | Posted by kairosfocus under academic freedom, Culture, Education, Evolution, ID Foundations, Origin Of Life, Science, science education, Science, worldview issues and society, Society |
This morning, I ran across a news item on the “undiscovery” of Sandy Island off Australia: Most explorers dream of discovering uncharted territory, but a team of Australian scientists have done the exact opposite. They have found an island that doesn’t exist. (vid at the linked) This led me to think about the institution of… more
UD PRO-DARWINISM ESSAY CHALLENGE
On Sept 23rd, I put up an essay challenge as captioned, primarily to objecting commenter Jerad. As at October 2nd, he has definitively said: no. Joe informs us that Zachriel has tried to brush it aside: Try Darwin’s Origin of Species (1859). It’s a bit dated and longer than 6,000 words, (the 6th edition is… more
RNA world subjected to the worst insult ever among the origin of life set
| October 1, 2012 | Posted by News under Intelligent Design, News, Origin Of Life |
It’s hard to do origin of life relying on dumb chemicals to do the originating, but it’s been an interesting few decades imagining things. more
Poll: Atheists 15% – God involved 78%
| September 30, 2012 | Posted by DLH under Christian Darwinism, Creationism, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life, theistic evolution |
Gallup has updated their origins survey: Which of the following statements comes closest to your views on the origin and development of human beings? 1) Human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God guided this process, 2) Human beings have developed over millions of years from less… more
A note: On entropy, the Macro-micro information gap [MmIG] and the OOL challenge of getting from Darwin’s pond-state to living cell state (a gated encapsulated metabolising automaton with informationally controlled self-replication) without intelligently directed organising work (IDOW)
| September 5, 2012 | Posted by kairosfocus under Functionally Specified Complex Information & Organization, ID Foundations, Origin Of Life, Physics |
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Sal C has begun a series of UD posts on entropy, thermodynamics and info challenges. I have thought it important to highlight the macro-micro info gap issues underscored by Jaynes et al, and to raise the issue of spontaneously moving from Darwin’s Pond-state to cell-state (whether in increments or not does not materially affect the… more
Researchers: Some extreme microbes can live on hydrogen waste
| August 7, 2012 | Posted by News under Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design, News, Origin Of Life |
Extremophiles – organisms that can live under extreme conditions – are back in the news, as the Curiosity rover looks for evidence of life on Mars. more
Mars mission: Science blogger typically gets it wrong about NASA’s “Darwinian evolution” definition of life.
| August 6, 2012 | Posted by News under Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design, News, Origin Of Life |
NASA’s definition of life is highly contested. more
Actinobacteria were last universal common ancestor (LUCA)?
| August 2, 2012 | Posted by News under News, Origin Of Life |
” … the researchers have identified Actinobacteria, a group of single membrane bacteria that include common soil and water life forms, as the base of the evolutionary tree.” more
Artificial jellyfish just a bath toy?
| August 1, 2012 | Posted by News under News, Origin Of Life |
Stands no chance against the rubber duck, says Telic Thoughts. more
Still stewing over life’s preference for left-handed amino acids
| July 30, 2012 | Posted by News under News, Origin Of Life |
The problems the press release doesn’t mention are usually far more interesting. more
Craig Venter: Life is robotic software. Well then, information isn’t material.
| July 15, 2012 | Posted by News under Comp. Sci. / Eng., News, Origin Of Life |
Principal fact: The same information can be conveyed by a blackboard, an email, skywriting or voice. more
Definition of life wars: Darwin’s house divided?
| July 14, 2012 | Posted by News under News, Origin Of Life |
Is R2D2 alive? more
The “inversion concept” of the origin of life
| July 14, 2012 | Posted by News under News, Origin Of Life |
“A minimal self-sufficient unit of life on the early Earth was a community of simplest microorganisms (not a separate microorganism).” more
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