Comments on: The Day Has Come! http://telicthoughts.com/the-day-has-come/ An independent blog about intelligent design Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:06:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: fifth monarchy man http://telicthoughts.com/the-day-has-come/#comment-160432 fifth monarchy man Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:47:14 +0000 http://telicthoughts.com/the-day-has-come/#comment-160432 Hey all, It looks like we finally have an opportunity to test an ID hypothesis in the lab check this out http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13002-scrambled-polymers-kill-drugresistant-bacteria.html From the article: the polymers should likewise remain effective for a long time, Gellman argues, since bacteria have a hard time evolving resistance to natural host-defence peptides. This is because the peptides attack a fundamental part of the cell, the membrane, <strong>using a basic physical interaction </strong>rather than targeting a specific part of the cellular machinery inside, as man-made antibiotics typically do. End Quote: I'm no biologist but it looks to me as though this antibiotics' method of attack is clearly beyond Behe's edge. It appears to be the same sort of thing as the sickle cell defense against malaria. If the bacterium evolves the ability to neutralize it Behe will have been proven wrong if not he has been proven right end of story. This seems like a strait forward test with no way to finesse a failure into a success. We should not have to wait long to find out one way or the other given the reproductive rates involved. We live in exciting times Hey all,

It looks like we finally have an opportunity to test an ID hypothesis in the lab check this out
http://www.newscientist.com/ar...

From the article:
the polymers should likewise remain effective for a long time, Gellman argues, since bacteria have a hard time evolving resistance to natural host-defence peptides. This is because the peptides attack a fundamental part of the cell, the membrane, using a basic physical interaction rather than targeting a specific part of the cellular machinery inside, as man-made antibiotics typically do.
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I'm no biologist but it looks to me as though this antibiotics' method of attack is clearly beyond Behe's edge. It appears to be the same sort of thing as the sickle cell defense against malaria. If the bacterium evolves the ability to neutralize it Behe will have been proven wrong if not he has been proven right end of story.

This seems like a strait forward test with no way to finesse a failure into a success.

We should not have to wait long to find out one way or the other given the reproductive rates involved.

We live in exciting times

]]> By: Exile From Groggs http://telicthoughts.com/the-day-has-come/#comment-160127 Exile From Groggs Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:01:51 +0000 http://telicthoughts.com/the-day-has-come/#comment-160127 Where did they get their Wii? I can't find one anywhere! Where did they get their Wii? I can't find one anywhere!

]]> By: kenter http://telicthoughts.com/the-day-has-come/#comment-158642 kenter Sun, 02 Dec 2007 06:24:36 +0000 http://telicthoughts.com/the-day-has-come/#comment-158642 You find the <em>weirdest</em> stuff. You find the weirdest stuff.

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