[js1138]

I have repeatedly offered the complexity of the simplest known living cell as an example of “evidence” of ID.

So is it your recommendation that scientists give up?

[RussP]

I wrote:

I have repeatedly offered the complexity of the simplest known living cell as an example of “evidence” of ID.

You replied:

So is it your recommendation that scientists give up?

I reply:

If someone wants to pursue the matter on their own time or on private funding, that’s fine, but I would certainly recommend cutting off taxpayer funding for anyone who is trying to show that life can arise spontaneously. And I’ll bet you’d be surprised at how much of your money and mine is spent on that little exercise in futility. It’s an ideal pork project, because it sounds so intriguing — and it will go on forever.

Oh, I’ll bet they’re getting closer to solving the problem every day. Yeah, and I’m getting closer every day to leaping over the moon. Just give me a few more years.