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The Impasse between the Design and Evolution of Life

by Philip R. Page
prp@deuteron.lanl.gov

ABSTRACT—The design explanation of the origin and structure of life, which is a rational probabilistic mode of explanation, is currently sustained in tandem with the chance explanation, usually based on Darwinian polyphyletic evolution. It is hence possible for two logically incompatible explanations to be adopted concurrently by the scientific community. Evolution partially developed in response to the need for a causal story.

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