Cell complexity: speed of reactions (Introduction)

by dhw, Tuesday, October 13, 2015, 12:00 (3115 days ago) @ David Turell
edited by dhw, Tuesday, October 13, 2015, 12:09

dhw: The fact that like yourself he [Buehler] has now retired "honorably", you didn't know his work, and it is not quoted widely proves absolutely nothing. His conclusions tie in with those drawn by biologists who ARE quoted widely. And the fact that you have given me material to quote against you does not invalidate the conclusions of the scientists you took it from.-DAVID: Again, he recognized he is in a small minority of thought, and you wish to be with him: 
" David: Not a full view of what Buehler admits:
"Yet, the vast majority of today's biologists devote their efforts to prove the opposite, namely that specific molecular interactions create the cellular functions such as cell division, directed locomotion, differentiation, design of the extracellular matrix, adhesion to materials and other cells and so forth." (my bold)
-I replied to this already:-I do not wish to “lay with him”, but plead for an open mind on the subject. As for the “vast majority”, how many biologists do you think would agree with you that God designed 3.8 billion years' worth of evolution in order to produce or feed humans? I suspect you don't care. Nor in respect of the “intelligent cell” do/did Buehler, McClintock, Margulis, Shapiro & Co.-I would add that the conclusions of these scientists are based on their studies of cellular behaviour, you yourself have agreed that there is a 50/50 chance of their being right, and devoting one's efforts to proving something is not the same as proving it - an argument that cuts both ways, of course. So keep an open mind.