Biochemical Design
From ResearchID.org, a nexus for researching Intelligent Design
|
Introduction (?)
The analysis of the molecular aspects of biological organisms in order to properly infer the cause of the structure. Possible causes could include natural forces, chance events, or intelligent agents.
Type (?)
Level (?)
Graduate, Doctorate, Postdoctorate
Definition (?)
Explore the biochemical components of organisms and the possible design detection methods that could reliably tell us a component or system is designed by intelligence. Studying Biochemical Design to detect intelligent activity can be a "start-from-scratch" undertaking, or you can also use pre-existing design detection methods, including Specified Complexity or Irreducible Complexity.
Objectives (?)
- Develop methods of inferring rarified design within biochemical design.
- Identify possible molecular candidates for inferring biochemical design.
- Test the limits of evolvability in order to better understand the differences between selection and adaptive design, and true rarified design.
Questions (?)
- Can biochemical study yield a design inference?
- What are the potential methods of inferring design?
Keywords (?)
biochemistry, design
Monographs (?)
- Invention in Evolution: Design in Nature and Engineering, Michael French, 1988, ISBN 0521469112
eResources (?)
- Discussion thread at ARN
Potential 'biosynthetic design' research applications
Criticism (?)
Status (?)
Current
- Dr. Michael Behe, Discovery Institute
Extend (?)
Related (?)
Bioinformation, Bioinformatics, Irreducible Complexity, Design Inference, Genomics
Notes (?)
--- ! Begin notes instructions ! ---
- Use the citation and notation style of choice for the field, or the style that you would prefer use. Consistency within the article is the goal. If you want some ideas on style, check out Wikipedia's citation style examples.
- How to use "wikified" citations.
In the text, type in:
{{ref|descriptionname}}
In the "Notes" section, type in:
# {{note|descriptionname}}
- All of the notes under this section should be surrounded by these "div style" tags in order to make the text smaller:
<div style="font-size: 85%"> </div>
- Be sure to remove the nowiki tags to allow the div tags to take effect.
--- ! End notes instructions ! ---
