How Universal Common Descent Survives Failed Predictions

Episode 1564 February 14, 2022 00:22:46
How Universal Common Descent Survives Failed Predictions
Intelligent Design the Future
How Universal Common Descent Survives Failed Predictions

Feb 14 2022 | 00:22:46

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Show Notes

On today’s ID the Future, philosopher of biology Paul Nelson discusses his chapter in a recent Harvest House anthology edited by host Casey Luskin, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith. Nelson says the theory of universal common descent, a key component of modern evolutionary theory, has generated multiple predictions that have failed. The prediction he discusses here is that there would turn out to be a single universal genetic code, since that’s what we should expect if all life on earth is descended from the last universal common ancestor (LUCA). Findings over the past three decades have  proven that prediction spectacularly wrong. How does the theory of universal common descent shrug off this contrary empirical finding? The trick for Read More ›

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