# *Irreducible Complexity

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Posted by Kindred [Kindred] on November 27, 1999 at 05:43:29 {nwG7wj0NI.ZyDytsQPQ2YW5eok125A}:

In Reply to: Irreducible Complexity posted by Snowball on November 26, 1999 at 20:00:00:

Behe goes on about the flagellum being irreducibley complex, describing the components that best suit his objective and just glosses over the fact that there are over 200 proteins associated with the flagellum. Isn't there the possibility that within those 200 proteins we can remove some from the system and still have it work efficiently? Maybe even find analogues of some of the key components of the system, analogues that we can link to some other function or system (i.e. example of evolving structures)? The flagellum is not a solid case of irreducible complexity because to make that claim the whole system has to be defined to the last detail and shown that each and every piece is needed for the system to work (which he did not do for us).

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