tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post8793737693776484881..comments2024-01-25T13:46:11.967-06:00Comments on The Bronze Blog: Explaining FantasyRyan Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14750814560493466382noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post-32079900981495985602010-03-23T08:17:32.724-05:002010-03-23T08:17:32.724-05:00Heh. Just finished statting out the leucrocotta (c...Heh. Just finished statting out the leucrocotta (canine-like critter with plates instead of teeth and hooved feet) and writing its ecology, which involved some pretty radical evolution.<br /><br />If the world of life is designedat all, then it isn't by someone reaching into their toolbox and pulling out parts, it's a watchmaker who set the machine in motion and who, I think, is as fascinated by how the cogs have elected to spin as we are.Jim Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168308019214687820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post-80759824065814283162010-03-21T14:30:30.480-05:002010-03-21T14:30:30.480-05:00Something to add to BKsea's point: I would thi...Something to add to BKsea's point: I would think that if Creationism were true and the "common features, common designer" line they tout were also true, the world would be more like one from Spore, where any creature, no matter how distant (in terms of lineage, time, or physical space) could have an identical feature with any other. In Spore, you could easily make a wolf with hooves by borrowing from a completely different creature's DNA.<br /><br />Evolution can't do that. To get a hooved wolf, they'd have to evolve their own way of growing hooves, and that would result in a new, distinctive method and structure instead of a flat or even modified copy like a designer might be expected to do.Bronze Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10938257296504189967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post-81571881749112083962010-03-05T22:21:42.554-06:002010-03-05T22:21:42.554-06:00And it's part of the reason why irreducible co...And it's part of the reason why irreducible complexity itself falls apart - even if you can construct an argument that the flagellar motor is irreducibly complex, it's not as though there's one design. There's dozens - hundreds. So, God decided to personally handcraft all these different designs, none of which are especially efficient, metabolically?Jim Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168308019214687820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post-85372008240615085832010-03-05T18:40:24.392-06:002010-03-05T18:40:24.392-06:00Thanks for this astute post. I've always found...Thanks for this astute post. I've always found the Creationist argument of "Why are there no crocoducks" to be very ironic. It seems to be a much better argument against creationism than for it. If we accept that there is a Creator, then we can clearly see he freely reuses essentially identical parts across species. But why is this reuse limited to species that are highly similar in many other features? Why recreate a platypus bill from scratch with different materials when you have already created a duck bill? Why aren't there any crocoducks?BKseanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post-77746877913161634252010-03-04T08:06:09.788-06:002010-03-04T08:06:09.788-06:00And, please, creationists, don't show up extol...And, please, creationists, don't show up extolling the platypus as an example of a crocoduck. It's NOT a beaver and a duck smushed together. Even a cursory examination of an actual platypus would show you that.Jim Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168308019214687820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post-6417963437042744272010-03-02T18:38:03.407-06:002010-03-02T18:38:03.407-06:00I hadn't thought of Crocoducks that way before...I hadn't thought of Crocoducks that way before. <br /><br />Show me the Crocoducks!djfavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13165780321291494058noreply@blogger.com