Tag: error catastrophe

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
April 15, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ATP synthase, blueprint, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, chromosomes, cohesins, condensins, Darwinism, David Klinghoffer, DNA, electrostatics, EMBO Journal, error catastrophe, genome, gravity, Hurricanes, lipidome, mitochondria, mitosis, mutations, physical laws, Plato's Revenge, proteome, replication accuracy, respirasome, respiration, Richard Sternberg, Science (journal), Skinner’s Constant, tornadoes, University of Massachusetts}

A Cell Makes “Decisions” — But if It’s Following a Material Blueprint, How Does It Do That?

_{David Coppedge
April 15, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Watching cells under a microscope, we sense familiarity with their challenges when they face puzzles. How is this possible if their nature is strictly physical? Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 27, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Bayesian reasoning, chemical evolution, DNA, error catastrophe, error threshold, forensic biology, ID the Future, Jonathan McLatchie, natural selection, naturalism, podcast, RNA world, self-replicating molecules, self-replication}

Another Headache for the RNA World Theory

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 27, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Before a trial and error process like natural selection can even get started, self-replicating molecules must have a minimal accuracy rate. Read More ›

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post

Date
January 7, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Artificial Selection, Charles Thaxton, computer simulations, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, DNA, Eigen catastrophe, entropy, error catastrophe, evolution, intelligent design, interventions, mutation rate, natural selection, New York University, PNAS, randomness, Roger Olsen, science, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley}

NYU Scientists Confuse Artificial Selection with Darwinism

_{Science and Culture
January 7, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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It should be obvious: if you are controlling the mutations and selecting the outcomes, you are not doing Darwinism. Read More ›

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post

Date
March 27, 2020

Categories
Biochemistry
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, ATP, central dogma, chromosomes, cohesin, Darwinian mechanism, DNA, E. coli, error catastrophe, genome, intelligent design, junk DNA, Lego blocks, mRNA, Nature Communications, PNAS, polymerase, polypeptides, proteins, RNA, South Korea, University of Basel, University of Notre Dame, University of Seville, William Paley}

More Hints of Order in the Genome

_{Science and Culture
March 27, 2020

Biochemistry, Intelligent Design

8}

Genomics has come a long way since the central dogma and junk DNA. If you expect to find reasons for things, you often do find them. Read More ›

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Date
February 21, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __edited, adenine, Biology Direct, Brian Miller, Charles Thaxton, Chemistry World, David Klinghoffer, DNA, error catastrophe, Gerald Joyce, Guillermo Gonzalez, Illustra Media, intelligent design, James Tour, Jonathan Wells, macromolecules, Michael Behe, microorganisms, mule, Origin, Paul Nelson, Philip Ball, ribose, ribozymes, RNA, RNA world, Roger Olsen, Stephen Meyer, Susan Mazur, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, The Origin of Life Circus, Walter Bradley, William A. Dembski}

RNA World Is Sterile — And the Mystery of Life’s Origin Remains

_{Science and Culture
February 21, 2020

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

9}

It’s an uninhabited, inhospitable place where hopes die for life by chance. Read More ›

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Date
March 19, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, amino acids, Ann Gauger, biotechnology, chance, chemical evolution, David Coppedge, Discovery Institute, enzymes, error catastrophe, evolution, Freeman Dyson, Gandalf, hydrothermal vents, John Maynard Smith, JPL, Leslie Orgel, Manfred Eigen, Mars, Michael Russell, NASA, natural selection, Nature (journal), Nobel laureates, nucleic acid, prebiotic Earth, RNA, Robert Shapiro, Signature in the Cell, Stanley Miller, Stephen Meyer, Susan Mazur, William A. Dembski}

Error Catastrophe: Manfred Eigen’s Show-Stopper Is Still Stopping the Origin-of-Life Show

_{Science and Culture
March 19, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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We are nearing a half-century since Eigen wrote about this paradox, and it “still challenges theoretical biologists.” Read More ›