I decided to list my top 10 favorite entries from 2010. By looking back, it helps to confirm my suspicion that the hypothesis of front-loading/nudging evolution is not only reasonable and plausible (as no one has ever shown otherwise), but it is also a fruitful and productive hypothesis. The ten entries are not ordered by any criteria, but instead roughly follow a chronological sequence.
So here they are……
It was a fun and productive summer:
1. I provided evidence to support the hypothesis that the origin of mitochondria was front-loaded and, in doing so, ran across a striking example of molecular convergence. All of this helps us see how front-loading can guide the blind watchmaker.
2. I outlined some evidence showing it to be plausible that blood was front-loaded into single-celled life forms.
3. I outlined a search for the last universal common ancestor of all life
and provided evidence that this ancestral state was not much different from a modern day cell:
4. The hypothesis of front-loading led me to consider the ribosome as a vehicle for front-loading, which in turn, led me to successfully expect:
a. ribosomal proteins would have functions apart from protein translation:
b. rRNA would actually code for protein sequence:
c. Permutations of ribosomal protein code would actually code for other proteins:
5. I provided more evidence that the genetic code is remarkably exceptional:
6. I provided an example where the choice of amino acids helps to front-load life:
My continuing effort to organize blog entries into an outline so readers can better connect the dots (a consilience of clues).
A. Detecting Design
1. Science and Design
a. Outline the common definitions of ‘subjective’ and ‘objective.’
b. Identify problems with common definitions and propose George Cooper’s definition of objective – that which can be measured by all parties who should obtain the same result given an appropriate range of accuracy.
c. Draw upon the wisdom of one the great biologists, Jacques Monod, to explain why science cannot determine whether or not life was designed.
d. Demonstrate how archeology and forensics fail to give us reason to think that science can determine whether or not life was designed.
e. Explain how most proponents and critics of design are likely to think alike on one issue – they will find it uncomfortable to acknowledge that science cannot determine whether or not life was designed.
My continuing effort to organize blog entries into an outline so readers can better connect the dots (a consilience of clues).
A. Detecting Design
1. Science and Design
a. Outline the common definitions of ‘subjective’ and ‘objective.’
b. Identify problems with common definitions and propose George Cooper’s definition of objective – that which can be measured by all parties who should obtain the same result given an appropriate range of accuracy.
c. Draw upon the wisdom of one the great biologists, Jacques Monod, to explain why science cannot determine whether or not life was designed.
d. Demonstrate how archeology and forensics fail to give us reason to think that science can determine whether or not life was designed.
e. Explain how most proponents and critics of design are likely to think alike on one issue – they will find it uncomfortable to acknowledge that science cannot determine whether or not life was designed.
My continuing effort to organize blog entries into an outline so readers can better connect the dots (a consilience of clues).
A. Detecting Design
1. Outline the common definitions of ‘subjective’ and ‘objective.’
2. Identify problems with common definitions and propose George Cooper’s definition of objective – that which can be measured by all parties who should obtain the same result given an appropriate range of accuracy.
3. Draw upon the wisdom of one the great biologists, Jacques Monod, to explain why science cannot determine whether or not life was designed.
I plan on making an effort to organize blog entries into an outline so readers can better connect the dots (a consilience of clues). I plan to periodically expand, update and repost this outline.
A. Detecting Design
1. Outline the common definitions of ‘subjective’ and ‘objective.’
2. Identify problems with common definitions and propose George Cooper’s definition of objective – that which can be measured by all parties who should obtain the same result given an appropriate range of accuracy.
3. Draw upon the wisdom of one the great biologists, Jacques Monod, to explain why science cannot determine whether or not life was designed.
4. Demonstrate how archeology and forensics fail to give us reason to think that science can determine whether or not life was designed.
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