'Perception' gene tracked humanity's evolution, scientists say

Eurekalert ^ | 14-Nov-2005 | David Bricker

[adam_az]

"It also supports the idea of outside manipulation. This is a good case for ID.
The Bible described this over 2,000 years ago, long before man created science"

If ID is what happened and the vehicle that caused it was the Biblical God, then how is ID different than creationism?

[Antonello]

This is a good case for ID.

Everything is a good case for ID. That's the problem.

[Dimensio]

Everything is a good case for ID. That's the problem.

More specifically, anything. Not just everything that has been observed, but anything that could be observed.

[Oztrich Boy]

If ID is what happened and the vehicle that caused it was the Biblical God, then how is ID different than creationism?

Because we're not going to *call* it "creationism"

[furball4paws]

It only fits in Creationism if you're willing to admit that chimps and humans share a common ancestor. So I guess that makes you an evolutionist. Welcome aboard the bandwagon.

[Antonello]

Not just everything that has been observed, but anything that could be observed.

And even anything that can't.

[b_sharp]

I can't see that.

[Antonello]

I can't see that.

Exactly. Thus, Goddidit.

[balrog666]

So it turns out my pearls of wisdom are on the locked duplicate thread. What else is new?;

Sorry. I thought I asked Admin Mod to delete this one.

[Antonello]

Sorry. I thought I asked Admin Mod to delete this one.

I'm just here for the party. Don't much matter to me which bar it's in. ;-)

[Dimensio]

Indeed. And wherever there's a party there has to be a drunken lout making an ass of himself. I can't shirk that duty.

[furball4paws]

They were only fake pearls, anyway.

[furball4paws]

I guess all we need now is a barfly - any takers?

[highball]

It also supports the idea of outside manipulation.

How?

Specifically, how does the similarity of DNA support the idea of outside manipulation more than it does a common ancestor?

[js1138]

Specifically, how does the similarity of DNA support the idea of outside manipulation more than it does a common ancestor?

Anyone who has programmed for a living knows that budget constraints and managerial incompetence often result in the reuse of bad code, and the accumulation of dead code. Looks like a designer to me. More likely a team of Microsoft programmers.

[blowfish]

It also supports the idea of outside manipulation.

Do tell. What leads you to emit this bizarre statement?

[highball]

LOL!

It's not often that a creationist cites sloppy design as proof of God....

[ml1954]

Anyone who has programmed for a living knows that budget constraints and managerial incompetence often result in the reuse of bad code, and the accumulation of dead code.

This brings back many bad memories. Like having to completely rewrite such code (hundreds of thousands of lines) and preserve all functionality plus provide new functionality, and when all done, because of 'budget constraints and managerial incompetence', we're back where we started from.

[aNYCguy]

Sounds like someone ate of the Tree of Knowledge.

I assume you're mistakenly referring to the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Or are you actually quote-mining the bible?

As to your suggestion that the first two humans ate a magic fruit which altered their DNA and caused their outrageously incestuous descendents to inherit their increased cognitive powers: When would you say this happened? The article is not suggesting that this cognitive divergence happened, say, 6,000 years ago.

[Coyoteman]

the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil