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To: Condorman
What do we call this, the April 1 gene?

A weak attempt at humor that unitentionally may track with the sort of the thing that actually happens.

There are intricate irreducibly complex marvels tucked away in genome that await an appropriate trigger. One of those triggers almost certainly is natural selection. Indeed, natural selection could be the sole trigger and be perfectly consistent with ID theory.

11 posted on 04/01/2006 11:00:11 AM PST by JCEccles
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To: JCEccles

"What do we call this, the April 1 gene? "

Could be an April Fool's thingie, I guess. However, I have no doubt that it will appear on every creationist and ID site within minutes, and then will be sent wending its way through the email pyramid.

Feh!


15 posted on 04/01/2006 11:02:23 AM PST by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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To: JCEccles; Condorman; MineralMan
There are intricate irreducibly complex marvels tucked away in genome that await an appropriate trigger.

There are? Name one, and explain a) how you've determined that it's "irreducibly complex", b) what definition of "irreducibly complex" you're using, and c) that evolution itself could not produce a feature which was "irreducibly complex" in that manner (if that's what you're trying to imply).

Indeed, natural selection could be the sole trigger and be perfectly consistent with ID theory.

What is this "ID theory" of which you speak? Could you describe it for us? I know what "ID" is, but what scientific *theory* do you think there is concerning it? I've been waiting for that one for quite some time. Everyone talks about it, but no one seems to know what it is. Note that something has to have specific features before it can actually be properly called a "theory", make sure your response covers those criteria.

75 posted on 04/01/2006 2:31:22 PM PST by Ichneumon
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