# Comments on ID core principles

**URL:** <https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/comments-on-id-core-principles/7510>\
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**Created:** [August 21, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/comments-on-id-core-principles/7510 "2019-08-21T17:22:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Faizal\_Ali](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/faizal_ali/32/12416_2.png) [@Faizal\_Ali](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Faizal_Ali)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/comments-on-id-core-principles/7510/1 "2019-08-21T17:22:47Z")

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You seem to have misunderstood my question. I asked for specific, core features of the theory of ID, the equivalent of what I listed for evolutionary theory. If there are no such features, then that would also be helpful to know.

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**Author:** ![swamidass](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/swamidass/32/3_2.png) [@swamidass](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/swamidass)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/comments-on-id-core-principles/7510/2 "2019-08-21T17:26:17Z")

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> [@What are the core principles of ID?](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/what-are-the-core-principles-of-id/7504/23):
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> You seem to have misunderstood my question.

I agree, this is not a thread to re-litigate every ID/evolution argument. Start new threads for each argument. [@moderators](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/groups/moderators)

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**Author:** ![Faizal\_Ali](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/faizal_ali/32/12416_2.png) [@Faizal\_Ali](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Faizal_Ali)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/comments-on-id-core-principles/7510/3 "2019-08-21T17:28:08Z")

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@swamidass, if @stcordova wants to start a discussion on the subject of whether functional proteins are rare in sequence space, could I ask that this be split of into another thread, and keep this thread for the topic I wish discussed? Thanks.

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**Author:** ![swamidass](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/swamidass/32/3_2.png) [@swamidass](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/swamidass)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 5:31pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/comments-on-id-core-principles/7510/4 "2019-08-21T17:31:25Z")

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@stcordova this thread was @Faizal_Ali’s. We want to keep things on topic. I’ve moved your conversation to a new thread: [Is Helicase a House of Cards?](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/is-helicase-a-house-of-cards/7509).

Your point is interesting in its own right, but let’s try and stay on topic here.