Common Ancestry: A Study Examined

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2993666/

This study, from a US government site, has been thrown at me several times, as 'Proof!' of common ancestry. I have not provided a rebuttal, as i don't debate links, if they are used as a proxy debating tactic, but the claims here are central to the belief in common ancestry, and deserve examination. 

I will not go through the complete study all at once, to keep the short attention span indoctrinees from accusing, 'Gish Gallup!!' :O. ;)

But i will examine the study, and offer a peer review, inasmuch as I can. I am conversant with the terminology, and am not bluffed by techno babble deflections, used to obscure, not illuminate, understanding. 

I fully expect the usual howls of, 'Liar!', 'Refuse!', 'Ignore!', 'Ignorant!', and other such scientific terms of endearment that progressive indoctrinees use as substitutes for reason. I'll try to not get sidetracked from this study with those deflections. 

Italics are from the study, with my remarks following. 

It is common belief that all cellular life forms on earth have a common origin.

Of course it is 'common belief!' This has been EXCLUSIVELY indoctrinated by progressive institutions for decades. But the bandwagon appeal is a fallacy. 

This view is supported by the universality of the genetic code and the universal conservation of multiple genes, particularly those that encode key components of the translation system.

This is the central fallacy of common ancestry.. the 'Looks Like!' plausibility, morphing into 'settled science!' Similarity of components, design, or construction does NOT indicate common ancestry. Books did not evolve from simpler forms, since you can construct a 'tree', showing simpler, child targeted books evolving into complex ones. It is circular reasoning to assume 'common ancestry!', because of similarity in genomic architecture or components. The similarity of genomic architecture is at least an equivalent argument for Intelligent Design. 

A remarkable recent study claims to provide a formal, homology independent test of the Universal Common Ancestry hypothesis by comparing the ability of a common-ancestry model and a multiple-ancestry model to predict sequences of universally conserved proteins.

The only thing 'Remarkable!', i see is the blatant dogmatism, assertions, and unscientific conclusions offered for something laced with philosophical opinions and assumptions. Similarity of proteins in genomic architecture is NOT 'evidence of common ancestry!', and yet this is the central claim, over and over, sometimes shrouded in irrelevant comparisons or meaningless techno babble. 

This was the abstract summary, or background, presenting the conclusions they perceive from this computer model study. Later i can examine the specific claims, to see if those conclusions are warranted. 

The observation that this study is regarded as 'proof of common ancestry!', tells me more about indoctrination, and religious devotion to atheistic naturalism.. that something transparently INEVIDENCED, is trumpeted as 'proof!' Skepticism and critical thinking are dying traits, replaced by mandated conformity of belief. Desperation, not science, is the only proof of common ancestry.