Intelligent Design the Future McLatchie: Why Cell Division Challenges Darwinism
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Jan 27, 2025 Jonathan McLatchie, a resident biologist at the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture, dives into the marvels of eukaryotic cell division. He explores how the intricate process of mitosis poses challenges to Darwinian evolution, emphasizing its irreducible complexity. McLatchie contrasts eukaryotes and prokaryotes, highlighting the sophisticated mechanisms in eukaryotic cells that defy gradual evolution. He advocates for the idea of intelligent design as a more plausible explanation for these complex biological systems.
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Cell Division Challenges Darwinism
- Eukaryotic cell division's complexity challenges Darwinian explanations.
- Darwinian processes are stepwise, but cell division seems to require jumps.
Irreducible Complexity
- Irreducible complexity describes systems with multiple parts necessary for function.
- Removing one part renders the system useless, challenging gradual evolution.
Nature's Jumps
- Darwin's "natura non facit saltus" means nature doesn't make jumps.
- This principle clashes with the complexity of cell division's apparent leaps.
