Complexity of gene codes (Introduction)

by dhw, Monday, January 10, 2011, 12:19 (5065 days ago) @ David Turell

Many thanks to David and Romansh for a number of articles that pull us first one way and then another. If scientists can't agree, what are the rest of us supposed to believe?
 
The only section I feel qualified to comment on is the paragraph quoted from Martin Down in David's post on 9 January at 17.23. Down says firstly: - "The fact is that the scientific evidence that we have is full of holes, or mysteries."-We don't know what evidence he's referring to, but since science is at present incapable of fathoming the origin and nature of the universe, the origin of life plus the mechanisms that gave rise to evolution, and the nature of consciousness, I don't see how anyone can disagree when he goes on to say that "science has not got it all sorted out."-However, his conclusion is a different matter: "In the face of the mysteries of life there are only two responses, a shrug of the shoulders, or faith in God." -Perhaps it's unfair to criticize such a sentiment without knowing the full context, but the stark alternative makes my own general scepticism seem about as sharp as a marshmallow. Are science and philosophy supposed to grind to a halt in January 2011? Should people like ourselves either turn away from life's mysteries or bow to Martin Down's deity? -The time has come to shake your head,
To shut your eyes and close your mind.
As Jesus really should have said:
"Give up and ye shall find."-The third response is to have faith in chance, while the fourth ... and in my view the best ... is to keep searching for solutions to life's mysteries, always bearing in mind that science may not be the only way to find them.