# Draper's Paper on Irreducible Complexity

**URL:** <https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/drapers-paper-on-irreducible-complexity/4477>\
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**Created:** [February 11, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/drapers-paper-on-irreducible-complexity/4477 "2019-02-11T15:51:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 9:13pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/drapers-paper-on-irreducible-complexity/4477/3 "2019-02-11T21:13:04Z")

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> [@Beta-Lactamase, Antibody Enzymes, and Sequence Space](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/beta-lactamase-antibody-enzymes-and-sequence-space/4271/120):
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> That’s a bit silly. That crack in the door allows for components to be added one at a time until there are 20 or so components.

I don’t think he has realized this though. That is the problem.

Ironically, the latest book Darwin Devolves, seems to have missed the importance of negative selection.

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