JLT
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Joined: Jan. 2008
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Argh.
| Quote | Formation of “irreducible complex systems” via purported scaffolding has been an ongoing debate amongst evolution and intelligent design theorists. Now a natural scaffolding has been discovered – and it may itself be part of another “irreducibly complex system”.
Sharma et al., discovered that natural fat works as a biological scaffold for “cells to grow and mature”. Then fascinatingly, “when the cells have matured into the desired tissue, they secrete another substance that breaks down and destroys the scaffold.” |
A lot of fun was had with DO'L's fail but this one by DHL is not much better. Scaffolding/loss of scaffolding as an explanation of how "irreducibly complex" systems can evolve is a metaphor (explained e.g. here #2). No one is talking about an actual scaffold.
DHL like DO'L is confusing a developmental process with evolution.
I wonder if any of the UD denizens will pick up on that.*
ETA: * Not really.
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"Random mutations, if they are truly random, will affect, and potentially damage, any aspect of the organism, [...]
Thus, a realistic [computer] simulation [of evolution] would allow the program, OS, and hardware to be affected in a random fashion." GilDodgen, Frilly shirt owner
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