Tag: amino acid sequence space

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
February 28, 2024

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amino acid sequence space, Brian Miller, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, Evolution, evolutionary creation, Intelligent Design, Materialism, Natural Selection, Neo-Darwinism, percolation theory, physics, protein evolution, protein isolation, protein rarity, protein sequence space, Proteins, Rope Kojonen, theistic evolution, Theology}

Brian Miller on the Limits of Protein Evolution

_{Brian Miller

February 28, 2024

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Was the universe designed to evolve through natural processes? In a recent book, theologian Dr. Rope Kojonen has argued that evolutionary mechanisms work in harmony with intelligent design to produce the diversity of life we see on earth. But can these fundamentally different processes really work together? On this ID The Future, host Casey Luskin speaks with physicist Dr. Brian Miller to explore why Kojonen's theory fails on scientific grounds. This interview is part of a series responding to Kojonen's proposal. Catch other episodes in the series at idthefuture.com or through your favorite podcasting app. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen Dilley

Date
February 21, 2024

Tagged
amino acid sequence space, Casey Luskin, Darwinism, design hypothesis, Evolution, evolutionary creation, fine tuning, fine tuning of initial conditions, fine-tuning, front-loaded design, Intelligent Design, Materialism, Natural Selection, Neo-Darwinism, origin of life, Philosophy, random mutation, Rope Kojonen, Stephen Dilley, theistic evolution, Theology}

Design-Assisted Evolution: A Response to Rope Kojonen

_{Stephen Dilley

February 21, 2024

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Can evolution and design be wedded in a happy marriage? On this ID The Future, host Casey Luskin kicks off a series of interviews responding to theologian Dr. Rope Kojonen's proposal that front-loaded design and a full-blooded evolutionary process worked together in harmony to produce the diversity of life we find on earth. Here, Luskin interviews Dr. Stephen Dilley, lead author of a comprehensive critique of Kojonen's model co-authored with Luskin, Brian Miller, and Emily Reeves published in the journal Religions. This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation. Look for Part 2 next! Read More ›

Ribosome translating mRNA into a polypeptide chain

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
November 16, 2022

Tagged
AF2, AlphaFold, AlphaFold 2, amino acid sequence space, amino acids, chaperone complex, David Berlinski, Deep Mind, Eric Anderson, Evolution, genetic information, Google’s DeepMind, Horace Freeland Judson, Horace Judson, intrinsically disordered proteins, Jacques Monod, Neo-Darwinism, orphan genes, orphan proteins, Paul Nelson, phylogenetics, protein folding, protein folding problem, ribosome, Shakespeare, taxonomically restricted genes, The Eighth Day of Creation, x-ray crystallography}

Orphan Proteins Spell Trouble for AlphaFold 2

_{Paul Nelson

November 16, 2022

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On this ID the Future, philosopher of biology Paul Nelson further explores AlphaFold 2, a cutting edge computer program from Google’s DeepMind designed to rapidly suss out important secrets in the realm of proteins, indispensable molecular biological workhorses that come in thousands of different shapes and sizes. Nelson enthuses about AlphaFold 2 but also explains why he is convinced that AlphaFold’s creators have hit a series of immovable obstacles. The watchword here—orphans. Tune in to learn what these mischievous orphan proteins are about, and what they suggest for AlphaFold, evolution, and intelligent design.