Junk DNA goodbye!: importance of arranging 3-D DNA (Introduction)

by David Turell , Sunday, November 24, 2019, 22:20 (1826 days ago) @ dhw

dhw: I can’t comment on every post, and especially on such highly technical articles! You have my blanket agreement that the complexities of cells and of all organisms represent the best possible argument for design. You also have my blanket response that as far as I am concerned, the mystery of design is not solved by the mystery of an unknown, sourceless, hidden superintelligence that is simply there and has always been there; nor is it solved by faith in chance; nor is it solved by some form of panpsychism. That is why I am an agnostic.

DAVID: Is there any point where the demonstration of design complexity in 'such highly technical articles' would convince you a designing mind is necessary? This is a key point in my thinking, as with Dr. Tour. I know design keeps you from becoming an atheist, but it is the increasing complexity that research keeps uncovering that makes me hopeful here is a tipping point that can lead to a final decision, as I stated in my first book.

dhw: Of course it is a key point in your thinking, and I have always accepted its logic. But for some reason you still don’t understand why I cannot take the leap of faith required to believe in the unknown, unknowable and inexplicable superintelligence described above. If you asked me how life’s complexities came into existence, and if I answered: “Blojibloji invented them,” wouldn’t you want to know a bit more about Blojibloji before you started worshipping it? The source of life’s complexities is unknown, and you don’t solve the mystery by saying the inventor of life’s complexities is unknown but if you call it God or Blojibloji, then you need look no further. Maybe the source is chance combinations of materials or rudimentary intelligences evolving. I just don’t know.

Your answer is that you will never accept Blojibloji, despite how much information is given. We're back to Pascal's leap of faith. Fair enough.