Genome complexity: pseudogenes (Introduction)

by David Turell , Wednesday, August 28, 2013, 18:43 (4106 days ago) @ dhw

David;Something is missing, and this is where theoretical proposals fit in. I have mine, you have none. How would you propose to go from single-celled to us?
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> dhw: Ah, you never cease to surprise me. I thought you were a theistic evolutionist!-I am. God created the process of evolution and I suspect that He tweakes it now and then- 
> dhw: (1) Yes, it is a collection of conjectures ... I call them theories ... but it is far from disjointed. The basis is common descent: all forms of life are descended from earlier forms, ... though if we accept common descent, organisms have obviously undergone an endless series of changes. ...we have until now agreed that punctuated equilibrium is a far more likely scenario. Finally, nature ensures that changes which benefit organisms in their respective environments survive, while others disappear (natural selection). This is generally accepted. Nothing disjointed here, but controversy over HOW the changes from which nature selects actually take place.-It is a major controversy. How do those punctuated jumps take place. Epigenetics is a very suggestive way, but it only produces modifications. So again I think God tweakes.- 
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> dhw: I'll repeat just one sentence: "In my description of the origin of the eukaryotic cell via bacterial cell merger, the components fused via symbiogenesis are already "conscious" entities." If you won't listen to me, at least listen to her. That is how I "propose to go from single-celled to us." So how does non-junk lead to the failure of common descent and natural selection as an evolutionary paradigm?-My concept is still consciousness pervades the universe through God. The atheists love 'junk' as evidence of failed DNA experiments, illustrating a chance method of evolution without purpose. The more purposeful coordination found in the Genome, the less likely chance was ever present. The newest research supports teleology more and more. ENCODE was a shock to atheists and they have produced article after article to discredit it without success.