Wow, centrosomes attract a strange crowd.
Strange theories about centrosomes are plentiful. Some quacks have claimed that they are , "the eyes of the cell", some sort of quantum pulse generator that secretes consciousness and now a turbine.
Ian Musgrave at Panda's thumb posted a summary of how ID proponents ... really don't have a clue about centrosome research.
(Also FrinkTank proposes its own centrosome theory - sorry Dan, I guess two central spots is a lot sexier than theories on cancer/dedifferentiation.)
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