The limitations of science (The limitations of science)

by George Jelliss , Crewe, Wednesday, June 23, 2010, 20:32 (5265 days ago) @ David Turell

DT writes [slightly edited] "Note in the following article on the extreme complexity of the genome, the declarative statement that it cannot be due to intelligednt design. ///-http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627651.400-genome-at-10-a-dizzying-journey-into-complexity.html "-Far from being a "declarative statement", reasons are given for it.
 
Such convoluted mechanisms might seem odd and rather wasteful, but that is just what we should expect. "You sometimes ask yourself, 'Why on earth is biology working this way?'," says Birney. "But from evolution's perspective it doesn't have to look good in a textbook, it just has to work."
-Unfortunately, it only has to work in some of us. The Byzantine complexity and non-intelligent design of our genomes means there is an awful lot that can go wrong, and all too often it does, argues John Avise of the University of California, Irvine. Splicing mistakes and errant microRNAs play a role in some cancers, for instance. On the bright side, discoveries like siRNA could lead to potent new treatments for all kinds of diseases.
-The article linked to by clicking on "non-intelligent design" is:-http://www.pnas.org/content/107/suppl.2/8969-Which defines "intelligent design" in a very clear way, but not I suspect, one which DT will accept, since his God works in more mysterious ways, his wonders to disguise as accidents of evolution.

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GPJ