*Is there evidence for a Universal Common Designer?*
Introduction
A recent prebiotic experiment demonstrated how self-replicating RNA molecules could “evolve into complex living systems by expanding their information and functions open-endedly.”[1] In contrast, metabolism-first and the Lenski experiment have not shown that materialistic processes produce such complex systems. [2][3]
Notably, the similarity between logic gates and the structure and metabolism of DNA suggests that the characteristics of the biochemical systems and objects produced by human designers are identical. [4]
Given the prior support for the observer effect results [5], the Quantum mind theory [6], and the cosmological constant, there is probably a Universal Common Designer that created and developed life on earth.
Few similar theories include Von Neuman’s universal constructor and Richard Owen’s universal common archetype, which are purported to explain nest hierarchies as well. [7][8]
Fuz Rana and Mike Gene have crafted tested models of these theories that have been confirmed, which was incorporated in this article. [9][10]
The updated version of these models are:
Around 3.8 billion years, billions of viroids, which contained all the required genes to make certain evolutionary trajectories more likely [11], were created within the deep-sea hypothermal vents of the earth.
Through group selection, the groups of viroids evolved into different species of unicellular organisms [11], undergoing an extensive amount of HGT leading up to multicellular plants and fungi [12].
*Subsequently, the designer used HGT and microtubules to develop cell differentiation, sexual reproduction, and consciousness [12][13] into the first group of marine basic types (fish, marine invertebrates, amphibians).
Then, reptiles, birds, and mammals were later developed from different times and global locations within the earth. Through cytosine deamination and HGT, these groups of basic types would branch into diverse progeny to deliberately pioneer environments worldwide over long epochs.[12][14]*
To be clear, confirmation for this model has been primarily based on the prediction entailed by the teleological hypothesis that life is ultimately rational; if life was designed, then there is a reason behind its architecture and composition.
In this case, since there must be teleological reasons the designer used these mechanisms for design, such as HGT and Cytosine deamination. Then, those reasons can be tested and if confirmed, it produces evidence for the theory as Fuz Rana and Mike Gene have argued [15][16].
Thus, this model can be used to make meaningful predictions that were not expected from Darwinian evolution (ex. Alleged design flaws found to be optimal)
Null hypothesis: Life is created and developed by unguided bottom-up processes.
Predictions
We should find a ubiquitous number of functional, structural, and mechanistic convergent examples
We should find more examples of systemic convergence
We should determine that most junk DNA are functional
We will find remnants or “fossils” of such front-loading among protozoa. Specifically, we will find information necessary for multicellular life but not for single-cell existence, which is present in many single-cell organisms.
Definitions
Species (monobaramin)
Breeds within a kind can reproduce with others of the same species and potentially hybridize with other breeds/species within a kind. Limited variation in surface features over time. This represents members of a single basic type and usually form a clade. Example: Caucasians and Asians.
Basic type (holobaramin)
A recognizable base form and structure that does not change over time. They are separate and unique (no common ancestors) - fully functional (no primitive ancestors) - similar in form/design due to similarity in function and common designer. It represents the entire group related by common ancestry, including past and present generations: Example: all of humanity.
Universal Common Design Hypothesis
Observations suggest that members of a given species tend to thrive in approximately similar ecologies and trophic levels. [17]
This means that different ecological and trophic features should delineate into separate species because their ancestors had the genes necessary to survive and reproduce in a particular environment.
Therefore, the differences between a particular set of basic types similar in morphology and/or moleculars are due to the different design requirements each will need for their environment.
Null hypothesis: these similar basic types are not multiple kinds with a common design element but are species from an original created kind.
Predictions
The habitats of these similar created kinds and how they interact in them should be substantially different.
The prey of these similar created kinds and how they interact with them should be substantially different.
The predators of these similar created kinds and how they interact with them should be substantially different.
The trophic level of these similar created kinds and how they interact in them should be substantially different.
The ERV’s and psuedogenes of these similar created kinds should be functional
Methods
The ecology criteria to determine basic types involve examining where each basic type lives and how each interacts with their environment, including other living things. This method should be used on the list of currently recognized basic types and species since most groups have been studied with only one analysis. [18]
There is a four-question survey where each practical criterion is designated by a letter (A–D) and a title in the form of a question (prey, predators, trophic level, habitat).
For example, if the answer to the question “Is there a substantial difference in habitat?” is ‘No’ or ‘TBD,’ a follow-up question is asked: “Do they respond differently in different habitats?” (this may require artificially planting them in different habitats for an answer).
If the answer to either question is ‘Yes,’ we can conclude that God constructed each basic type separately.
However, if the answer is ‘NO’ or ‘TBD’ to both questions, we must apply the same question formula to prey and/or predator measures to make a confident conclusion.
If the answer is still ‘NO’ or ‘TBD’, then we ask the question “Is there a substantial difference in trophic level?”
If every question yields a ‘NO’ or ‘TBD’ answer, then the results are inconclusive.
IS THERE A SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENCE?
YES / NO / TBD
(A) Habitat?.
(B) Prey?..
(C) Predators?..
(D) Trophic level?
Conclusions
I acknowledge that this is far from being a rigorous statistical method. However, I provide a cursory view of how to test for common design. In the future, experts in this field can and fill in the details and make scientifically appropriate improvements.
[1] Evolutionary transition from a single RNA replicator to a multiple replicator network | Nature Communications
[2] Rapid Evolution of Citrate Utilization by Escherichia coli by Direct Selection Requires citT and dctA | Journal of Bacteriology (asm.org)
[3] The Implausibility of Metabolic Cycles on the Prebiotic Earth | PLOS Biology
[4] DNA as a logic operator | Nature
[5] Quantum erasure with causally disconnected choice | PNAS
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[6] The finer scale of consciousness: quantum theory - PMC (nih.gov)
[7] The algorithmic origins of life | Journal of The Royal Society Interface (royalsocietypublishing.org)
(See section on Von Neuman’s universal constructor model)
[8] Richard Owen’s archetype | Archetype (kellerperez.com)
[9] Archetype or Ancestor? Sir Richard Owen and the Case for Design - Reasons to Believe.
[10] The Design Matrix: A Consilience of Clues: Mike Gene: 9780978631406: Amazon.com: Books
[11] Science | AAAS
[12] Ancient horizontal gene transfer and the last common ancestors | BMC Ecology and Evolution | Full Text (biomedcentral.com)
[13] Ch20-9780124201903_aq 1…1 (galileocommission.org)
[14] https://www.cell.com/trends/genetics/pdf/S0168-9525(08)00314-4.pdf
[15]Front-loading and Convergent Recruitment | (wordpress.com)
A reason for cytosine deamination | (wordpress.com)
[16] Endogenous Retroviruses (ERVs) Protect Early-Stage Human Embryos - Reasons to Believe
[17] More closely related species are more ecologically similar in an experimental test | PNAS
[18] A List and Bibliography of Identified Baramins | Journal of Creation Theology and Science Series B: Life Sciences (coresci.org)