# Marty's testable ID hypothesis

**URL:** <https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/martys-testable-id-hypothesis/15221>\
**Category:** Side Conversation\
**Tags:** Science, Design\
**Created:** [July 8, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/martys-testable-id-hypothesis/15221 "2022-07-08T16:49:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mercer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Mercer](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Mercer)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/martys-testable-id-hypothesis/15221/1 "2022-07-08T16:49:39Z")

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Continuing the discussion from [Dembski Responds to Rosenhouse](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/dembski-responds-to-rosenhouse/15166/69):

> [@Dembski Responds to Rosenhouse](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/dembski-responds-to-rosenhouse/15166/65):
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> For a protein complex, you need the complement at a “right” location so that the resulting quaternary structure has meaningful catalytic activity.

This is how I would expect intelligently designed protein complexes to work, Marty. It is not how I would expect ones that evolved by the known mechanisms of variation, selection, and drift to work.

Let’s check out whether your hypothesis (which you presented as fact) applies to muscle myosin, which catalyzes the hydrolysis of ATP.

Are you up for that?

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