Journal Review: Science Direct, Biological evolution is dead in the water of Darwin’s warm little pond
Thus, assembly of first life must reach some threshold (the first minimal cell) before ‘survival of the fittest’ (the only naturalistic explanation available) can function as Darwin proposed for biological change. We propose the novel concept that the requirement for co-origination of vitamins with enzymes is a fundamental, but overlooked, problem that survival of the fittest (even broadly redefined beyond Darwin) cannot reasonably overcome. We support this conclusion with probability calculations. We focus on the stage of evolution involving the transition from non-life to the first, minimal living cell. We show that co-origination of required biochemical processes makes the origin of life probabilistically absurdly improbable even when all assumptions are chosen to unreasonably favor evolutionary theories.
Conclusion
Calculated probabilities for the origin of life are absurdly improbable even when highly favorable assumptions are made. This agrees with the use of ‘absurd’ for probability statements by Eigen (Eigen) and that Wald (1954) found it necessary to use ‘miracles’ to justify his use of ‘impossible becomes possible’. The origin of life and its evolution cannot be ‘explained’ by a near-infinite sequence of minute changes given direction via selection by survival of the fittest.
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