The irreducible complex flagellum is made up of 25 proteins, 23 of which are found elsewhere performing different functions.
How many of them have to be specified in an irreducibly complex system of symbols and constraints before they ever appear on Earth in the first place? Are there any ID critics willing to address that question in earnest?
If these proteins were likely to be specified in order to appear in the first place, and further, if they are also expected to be variable and evolve over subsequent generations, wouldn’t that entail that they be specified in a system that a) creates subsequent generations, and b) is capable of not only describing and producing whatever protein that it’s currently making, but also any variation of that protein as well?
(You know, like how the known extant cell does it).
Anyone?
Wouldn’t that system — one capable of those things — also have to be self-referential as well, describing both its constraints and its variable products, like these proteins being discussed here?
No?
in 2014, Suzan Mazur interviewed Jack Szostak – who is a Nobel laureate and worldwide known for his origin-of-life research.
Harvard professor and Nobel laureate Jack Szostak said:
“Life in Lab” In 3 – 5 Years … And more likely within three years.”
again, Szostak said that in 2014.
Now is almost 2020 and Szostak has nothing …
Moreover, Szostak retracted his 2016 NATURE paper on origin-of-life research…
RetractionWatch.com:
“Definitely embarrassing:” Nobel Laureate retracts non-reproducible paper in Nature journal”
“A Nobel Laureate has retracted a 2016 paper in Nature Chemistry that explored the origins of life on earth, after discovering the main conclusions were not correct. ”
The same physical principles and even basic components are used for different functions in unrelated systems.
The same microprocessor codes are used for different functions in different applications.
The same assembler language instructions are used for different functions in different applications.
The same C# or Java or C++ or another software development language syntax is used for different functions in different systems.
But all the above cases are intelligently designed, at least the last time I checked it. 🙂
The question is how can we assemble step-by-step the machinery underlying the flagellum?
Has anybody done it yet in a lab? How did they do it? How easy it was to get it done?
Common Design 