Creation Myths with Dr. Michael Behe on "The Edge of Evolution"

[Rumraket (Mikkel R.)]

@colewd

It tells us how many functional solutions you need to make a random search viable.

No, the total size of the space doesn’t tell you any such thing. Knowing the total size of the searchspace tells you only that and nothing else.

@colewd

The claim in The edge of evolution is that more than two coordinated mutations is difficult. How would you perform a search given this constraint?

Like I did here. And here.

@colewd

Then a mathematical model of how this works should be soon forthcoming?

Do you have a mathematical model of the design and creation of new genes? No? Hmmm, weird.

Not necessary when we can simply observe new functional genes evolve by all the usual mechanisms. Duplication and divergence, recombination, gene-fusion etc.

@colewd

Any function and a novel function in a new living organism are very different things.

You mean like the Vpu gene in HIV Behe ended up conceding did in fact evolve? T-urf13? Nylonase? Innumerable other examples.