Well, everybody. Let’s plan on meeting January 16th 2008 at 7:00 pm at our house.
Have a merry Christmas and we’ll see you in the New Year!
Edit: It’s the New Year!
Brand new editions of M.Behe’s Darwin’s Black Box have arrived, so let’s read ch.3 “Row, Row, Row Your Boat,” for next Wed.
“Row, Row, Row Your Boat” describes the cilia and flagella which propel movement for single cells. How do single cells move, when they don’t have muscles or joints, legs, wings, or fins? This chapter explains how, and discusses whether the mechanics could have developed gradually through chance mutations… or NOT.
For those interested in coming for the first time on Wednesday, please read one of the links below so that you are prepared to join the discussion.
Behe has an article online which covers some of his basic ideas, here: http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&id=51 “Evidence for Intelligent Design from Biochemistry,” which includes a paragraph on cilia.
Access Research Network also has a summary of this chapter here: http://www.arn.org/docs/mm/flagellum_all.htm and it includes some very nifty animations of flagella.
IDEA summarizes it slightly differently here:
http://www.ideacenter.org/contentmgr/showdetails.php/id/840
If someone wants to get a copy of chapter 3 from us on Monday, or has any questions about this week’s meeting, please email me (kristac at shaw dot ca). Otherwise, we’ll see you on Wed at 7:30 pm.
Loen’s not feeling well, so we’re leaving him at home and taking the show on the road.