 The theory of undirected evolution is already dead, but the work of science continues. |
| It is often said that science must avoid any conclusions which smack of the supernatural. |
| Proteins are the machinery of living tissue that builds the structures and carries out the chemical reactions necessary for life. |
| In many biological structures proteins are simply components of larger molecular machines. |
| In the 19th century the anatomy of the eye was known in great detail and the sophisticated mechanisms it employs to deliver an accurate picture of the outside world astounded everyone who was familiar with them. |
| But sequence comparisons simply can't account for the development of complex biochemical systems any more than Darwin's comparison of simple and complex eyes told him how vision worked. |
