[GSHastings]

"We start with a mutual acknowledgment of the profound complexity of living systems," said David R. Liu, a professor of chemistry and chemical biology at Harvard. But "my expectation is that we will be able to reduce this to a very simple series of logical events that could have taken place with no divine intervention."

My expectation is that Mr. Liu's expectations will not change no matter how utterly they fail in finding such "very simple series of logical events". The power of faith will prefail.

[GSHastings]

prefail = prevail

[johnnyb_61820]

I think the keyword is "logical" events. Being that they are looking for a sequence of _logical_ events seems to indicate that they are not looking for a sequence of _physical_ events. That leaves a lot of wiggle room. At what point can you claim you've figured out the "logical" sequence?