Posted on 12/23/2008 4:30:54 PM PST by Soliton
With the aid of a straightforward experiment, researchers have provided some clues to one of biology's most complex questions: how ancient organic molecules came together to form the basis of life.
RNA, the single-stranded precursor to DNA, normally expands one nucleic base at a time, growing sequentially like a linked chain. The problem is that in the primordial world RNA molecules didn't have enzymes to catalyze this reaction, and while RNA growth can proceed naturally, the rate would be so slow the RNA could never get more than a few pieces long (for as nucleic bases attach to one end, they can
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No
“The simple light-sensitive spot on the skin of some ancestral creature gave it some tiny survival advantage, perhaps allowing it to evade a predator.”
And how does “it” know it evaded a predator? Who (or what) sends the information to whom (or where) in the body to send the correct amount and kind of cells to that location to start improving the spot . . . where is that center of data processing? What does that info look like? Who handles it? Where? Hmm? Looks like you need an “intelligent designer” to send back all the correct parts to the correct location . . . and hey, why not put two of whatever we’re sending back to that location . . . and let’s put it on the head instead of on its ass . . . or how about a spot on both ends of the body . . . what a bunch of crap!
whoops, talk about non sequitur.
I failed cut and paste.
Please do not inject religion into a scientific discussion. Please respect the "caucus" designation.
Intelligent design has been found to be a religious concept. Please respect the Science Caucus.
Even janitors, great Americans, know how to spell Janitor. Did you go to Herverd?
Only if you are a follower of the religion that declared this to be a religious concept.
Is the article suggesting that if not for some intelligent manipulation, this experiment could not of succeeded. or is "intelligent manipulation" a religious concept too?
Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitzmiller_et_al._v._Dover_Area_School_District
Yes. See:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitzmiller_et_al._v._Dover_Area_School_District
Yes what? to both parts of my question?
Whatever.
“Evolution is religion not science so what you have started here is a religious thread. Thanks! “
Amen
Gee Soliton—it’s a sad day when intelligent conservatives can’t discuss science without low-brow tub-thumpers showing up demanding that a witch be burned ....
Alchemy is to chemistry, and astrology is to astronomy, and religion is to philosophy—what creation and “intelligent design” are to natural selection and evolution.
Carry on FRiend.
Secular Humanism is a well known liberal religion propagated by forced indoctrination in public schools. This violates the 1st Amendment.
My days are numbered FRiend. After 10 years, I will be banned soon. I have been forbidden to access the religion forum, and even though I obeyed, I was still suspended for claiming the Shroud of Turin is a fraud in a non-religion forum. This may be my last night on FR.
Many an evolutionist would like to masquerade as the scientists practicing science though
Absolutely. Please do not comment on a science caucus unless you are a scientist,
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