I know Eichler personally, but my question was about a statement of yours. I'm sorry if you chose to misunderstand it, but it still stands.
I did not misunderstand. Are you saying you do not know or understand the argument put forth in the t.o. tract that was linked to?
The appeal to pure randomness in element event formation upon which the t.o. tract is based is turning out not to be true. The Chimp geneome analysis is just one more case where it is seen. Eichler's hotspots of de novo duplication (as he calls it), observation of elements not common in every extant ancestor -- particulary missing in humans on multiple occasions -- dates the argument, strong as it ostensibly sounds.
It seems you are just playing games which is beneath you.
The findings in that paper are exciting, and as Eichler points out, unexpected. They are also exciting and intriguing in terms of their implications for understanding certain genetic diseases.
Come on, man. Put aside your socio-political based biases and defense mechanisms and talk about science for the pure joy of science and discovery.