# Thoughts on discussion strategy

**URL:** <https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/thoughts-on-discussion-strategy/15223>\
**Category:** Conversation\
**Tags:** Communication\
**Created:** [July 9, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/thoughts-on-discussion-strategy/15223 "2022-07-09T19:18:39Z")\
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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 10, 2022, 3:00am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/thoughts-on-discussion-strategy/15223/6 "2022-07-10T03:00:42Z")

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> [@SlightlyOddGuy](#):
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> I think this happens for a lot of reasons, but the main issue I see is a lack of a more Socratic approach.

They typically run from that:

> [@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?

> [@Marty's testable ID hypothesis](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/martys-testable-id-hypothesis/15221/1):
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> Are you up for that?

[Dan\_Eastwood]  
Marty would like you to know that he is not “up for that.”

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