re: #858 Salamantis

That genes are passed from one generation to the next with interesting consequences I don’t doubt. That more complex and useful combinations can spontaneously evolve without the addition of some sort of outside engineering I doubt completely. That’s the magic hat, black box, or the “elephant in the room” I’m talking about. “e. coli mutants” ~ My money says they ain’t doing nothing particularly new or useful and if they are then I predict that as a new species they aren’t long for this world.

I’ll put the New Yorker magazine article in my things to do list. But I’d really rather read the Discovery Institute’s review first.

Phil