Revisiting convergence (Introduction)

by David Turell , Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 15:13 (3440 days ago) @ dhw


> dhw: Only if Falkowski goes on to argue that the complexity requires your God's planning can you claim that he makes the same point as you. Even if he does, it remains a matter of speculative interpretation.
> DAVID: I am happy with my interpretation.
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> dhw: Of course, and I am happy that you are happy. However, you claimed that Falkowski supported your interpretation, which is perhaps an unwarranted assumption on your part. We'd need to read the book to find out.-The main point of his book, as I understand it from reviews, is that the initial living cells were highly complex from the beginning. In my view the cells in multicellularity reflect that complexity in how they function so precisely and automatically.