[VadeRetro]

But if there are two pathways (or is it just some redundancy in one pathway?) then you have a scaffolding situation. You can evolve an IC system by mutationally knocking out one of the pathways (or the redundant parts of the single pathway).

Which means evolution CAN explain the origin of irreducibly complex systems. Which people have been saying on these threads for years now only to be asked, "Where's the PROOF of that?"

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Which means evolution CAN explain the origin of irreducibly complex systems. Which people have been saying on these threads for years now only to be asked, "Where's the PROOF of that?"

And they would be correct to ask that. It's like saying I theorize that someone moved from the east coast to the west coast and my evidence that they did is that it is possible to travel from the east coast to the west coast by flying in an airplane, therefore that someone moved from the east coast to the west coast.

If you are just saying that irreducibly complex life could have possibly (it is not ruled out) evolved from less complex life, and are not trying to make a case for it, fine, but if you are trying to make a case that it actually happened, then of course you need evidence, which the above is not.