2013
Westminster Conference on Science and Faith
Breakout
Session 1 (Friday, 4/5/2013)
Speaker: Doug
Axe – Exposing the Myth of Molecules to Men
At the heart
of the story is a molecular mechanism
Natural
selection is a kind of cyclic feedback.
Controversial
issue: That this cycle would invent a million species, including us.
Molecular
view: Gene = A C G T - ACGT stands for the four nucleic
acid bases that make up DNA. These four nucleic acids make up a creature's genetic code,
or DNA.
If the
sequence is just right, they form a 3D protein fold, known as a molecular
machine.
All
molecular activity happens through proteins.
Darwin
pre-dated the science of molecular biology by about 100 years.
Evolutionary
biologists avoid molecular biology.
Story:
Natural selection is essentially akin to innovation by manufacturing defect.
Myth:
Similarity (of species) plus the evolutionary story => Scientific
“Explanation”.
The speaker
gave an example from molecular biology of trying to turn a “blue” protein fold
into a “purple” protein fold, and how they were unable to do so, even though
the two were extremely similar.
The speaker
published several papers, the first of which was published in a well-known
scientific journal. Subsequent papers were not published by that journal,
because scientists found out about his Christian world view, and questioning of
neo-Darwinism.
The problem
with evolutionary development in biology is that mutations are always
lethal. There has to be insight and no
mere mechanics are going to bring that insight.
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