Reflections — Parallels and Evidence for Design in Cells
Questions:
- Life's operation comes down to activiies at the cellular level—so, are we keeping tabs on what cells do as if it were the mundane and thus missing something special?
- What begins to distinguish the capabilities of the cell from some otherwise constructed factory full of mechanical systems?
- Can we stop at some point to grasp the incredible proportions to which cells are so efficient that their systematics begin to reveal something operating beyond chance mechanics—to suggest cell systems are not accidental entities but highly complex and intrictely designed entities?
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Consider This :
Cells are a basic functional unit of life. Within these compartmented volumes are contained a number of systems and subsystems that work in consort with one another. Scientific research papers will often describe a particular feature or pay hightly focused attention on only one aspect of a cell function. But step back to take in the big picture. These are not casual relationships. This is a highly tuned set of relationships that we are encountering. Systems are integrated and often times dependent in ways
However, the protein synthetic apparatus consists of a number of different components and can only function if these are held together by a membrane: two seemingly unbreakable interdependent systems.
... the information for the specification of all the protein components of the cell, including those of the protein synthetic apparatus, is stored in the DNA. However, the extraction of this information is dependent on the proteins of the protein synthetic apparatus—yet again another set of interdependent cycles. Denton (ETC) Page 269
Automated factory components to gather raw materials and by specified information produces assembled product Ribosome Automated information duplication system
... any automaton sufficiently complex to reproduce itself would necessarily possess certain component systems which are strictly analogous to those found in a cell. One component would be an automatic factory capable of collecting the raw materials and processing them into an output specified by a written instruction. This is the analogue of the ribosome. Another component would be a duplicator, an automaton which takes the written instruction and copies it. This is the analogue of the DNA replicating system. Another component would be a written instruction containing the specification for the complete system, which is the analogue of the DNA ... Denton (ETC) Page 269
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Quotations from Dr. Michael Denton's "Evolution: A Theory in Crisis" are used by permission of Adler and Adler Publishers Inc., 5530 Wisconsin Ave, Suite 1460, Chevy Chase, MD 20815
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