7 Nobel anti-Darwin (Introduction)

by dhw, Tuesday, February 19, 2013, 19:58 (4085 days ago) @ David Turell

DAVID: Cogent reasons for doubting Darwin theory:-http://www.angelfire.com/linux/vjtorley/zacktwo.html-So some scientists believe in intelligent design and/or doubt Darwin's theory. Some scientists don't believe in intelligent design and/or don't doubt Darwin's theory. What does that tell us? Simply that scientists do not agree among themselves. Nor do philosophers. Nor does the world at large. A very good reason for keeping an open mind.-DAVID: World famous nano-machine chemist doubts macroevolution, and is upset about the idea suppression by Darwin scientists:-http://www.jmtour.com/personal-topics/the-scientist-and-his-%E2%80%9Ctheory%E2%80%9D-an...-QUOTE: "From what I can see, microevolution is a fact; we see it all around us regarding small changes within a species, and biologists demonstrate this procedure in their labs on a daily basis. Hence, there is no argument regarding microevolution. The core of the debate for me, therefore, is the extrapolation of microevolution to macroevolution."-Spot on. This is the distinction I keep making between adaptation and innovation. You and I, David, have agreed that innovation is the result not of random mutations but of the inventive intelligence of cells within existing organisms. You believe that intelligence was planted there by God, whereas I don't know where it came from.
 
QUOTE: "And I have not even addressed origin of first life issues. For me, that is even more scientifically mysterious than evolution. Darwin never addressed origin of life, and I can see why he did not; he was far too smart for that."-Spot on again. Some folk like to fudge the issue by pretending that evolution explains the whole of life, and they even label their beliefs 'Darwinism' or 'neo-Darwinism'. It's nice to see a "world-famous nano-machine chemist" who recognizes Darwin's smartness in distinguishing between evolution and the origin of life, and in avoiding the origin issue. I expect James Tour even knows that Darwin was an agnostic.