Friday, September 22, 2006

Quick notes on Miller

Answering the Biochemical Argument from Design:

How does a system arise in the first place?

Comparison between eubacteria flagella and Type III secretory appartus.
formal identity versus materal identity
Is materal identity sufficient for formal identity?
Function--> moved to work by presence of object? What is the efficient cause?

The Flagellum Unspun:
Is homology sufficient to show materal identity? Or is this an inference from DNA sequence? (How do we know that protein folding, etc. is the same--resulting in proteins with the same structure and powers?)

Other links:
Irreducible Complexity and Michael Behe
Is the Complement System Irreducibly Complex?
Darwin's Black Box
Determing the protein responsible for torque generation in E. coli
The Evolution of Vertebrate Blood Clotting

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