Genome complexity: de novo or orphan genes (Introduction)

by David Turell , Thursday, August 27, 2015, 20:40 (3158 days ago) @ dhw

dhw: All explanations lead back to an endless chain of causes and effects, but not knowing the cause of something does not invalidate the effect or the subsequent chain of causes and effects. If genes can spring from nowhere, we may have a solution to the Cambrian mystery. The mechanism and its source are different mysteries.-But nowhere is like nothing: no cause can be found if nothing is there.
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> DAVID: Can intelligence grow from no intelligence? If the first life had intelligence where did it come from, abiogenesis? That is a proposed chance happening.
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> dhw: According to you, intelligence can indeed grow from no intelligence, unless you think God had an intelligent predecessor. No need to go over the “First Cause” cop-out again, as it always ends up with you believing one version of it, and me neither believing nor disbelieving any version.-Like Einstein who wanted an eternal universe, I propose an eternal initial intelligence.