Biological complexity: understanding the ribosome (Introduction)

by David Turell , Sunday, July 23, 2017, 23:11 (2680 days ago) @ dhw

QUOTES: "Every living cell, whether a single bacterium or a human neuron, is a biological system as dynamic and complex as any city. Contained within cells are walls, highways, power plants, libraries, recycling centers and much more, all working together in unison to ensure the continuation of life."

"At the opposite end of the spectrum are mitochondria—the power plants of eukaryotic cells, which are thought to have once been bacteria that entered a permanent symbiotic state."

DAVID’s comment: Much too complex for chance development. Also proves common descent.

dhw: Thank you for this revealing article. I’ve selected the two quotes and your comment, simply because I feel they should all be highlighted and a casual reader might miss them. You and I rarely agree about anything, but the complexity of the cell remains a major reason why I am unable to embrace atheism. The theory of common descent – which is neither theistic nor atheistic – seems to me to provide a beautifully logical explanation of how all the different life forms have developed, namely through the inventive cooperation of intelligent cells from bacteria onwards. Whether this intelligence springs from a god (or in your theistic version has been preprogrammed or dabbled by a god), from chance, or from some form of panpsychism remains open. (Reblak offers another alternative, but we are both waiting to hear a bit more about the nature of Mother Nature!)

You are welcome.I cannot accept chance. And I view panpsychism as a variation on universal consciousness, an equivalent of God