Joshua Swamidass- Not Even Wrong

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Oh my. This is bad. This is really bad. He really believes it, too:

right now common descent + neutral theory makes a large range of quantitative predictions about the patterns of similarity and dissimilarity between genomes. These patterns are exactly what we find.

Look, Joshua, patterns depend on the MECHANISM(s). And seeing that there isn't any evidence that genomes + environment determine what type of organism will develop, then your pattern search based on genomes is a fool's errand.

Chimps and humans are (wrongly) alleged to be 98% genetically similar. And yet the list of anatomical and physical differences is long. No one has been able to identify what, amongst that alleged 2% genetic difference, can possibly account for all the changes required.

No one knows if any amount of genetic change can pull off such a feat. That means what Joshua said is total bullshit.

1- You don't know what determines which type of organism will develop
2- Which means you don't know what mechanism can produce the diversity of life
3- Mechanisms determine the pattern
4- Therefore you cannot say what you did unless you are saying it to the Kool-Aid drinkers

Sad, really.


Common design easily explains all of the similarities. And the differences are due to the different organisms, their requirements and their environments.

He [the Designer] indeed seems to have “carefully crafted” information in His species giving them the ability to respond to environmental stimuli to alter their own genome to adapt to new environments. He then evidently let them wander where they will with the ability to adapt.- Dr. Lee Spetner “the Evolution Revolution” p 108

THAT is how ID explains the biogeographic distribution. Intelligently designed descent with modification from founder populations.