# The Flagellum is Not a Motor?

**URL:** https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-flagellum-is-not-a-motor/3801
**Category:** Side Conversation
**Tags:** Science
**Created:** [January 8, 2019, 2:42am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-flagellum-is-not-a-motor/3801 "2019-01-08T02:42:13Z")
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### Author: ![Timothy\_Horton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/timothy_horton/32/9410_2.png) [@Timothy\_Horton](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Timothy_Horton)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2019, 12:04am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-flagellum-is-not-a-motor/3801/45 "2019-01-09T00:04:09Z")

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> [@Mung](#):
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> Where did he say it? Link please. It sure wasn’t in the text Joshua quoted in the opening post in this thread. The word flagellum doesn’t even appear.

Try real hard to not play your disingenuous word-twisting games for once Mung. Just once. Join the adults in the discussion.

> [@Brian Miller: Co-option and Irreducible Complexity](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/brian-miller-co-option-and-irreducible-complexity/3626/61):
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> In summary, the fact that the flagellum matches so closely with a known design logic means that it can better be understood as a predefined target corresponding to a rotary motor than a haphazardly fit together collection of proteins which just happened to function as a motor.

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