DNA could modify itself with no outside help, say biologists

Princeton University ^ | March 28, 2006 | Chad Boutin

[SampleMan]

I just can't resist another juicy evolution story. Apparently not all the scientists at Princeton are drinking the "everything there is to know about evolution is already known" Kool-Aid.

[mlc9852]

“We don’t really know yet why or how it happens, but it makes us wonder what else DNA might be doing without our knowledge.”

Maybe an Intelligent Designer???

[billorites]

There's a Bill Clinton joke in here somewhere...

[AntiGuv]

self-improvement ping!

[peyton randolph]

Maybe an Intelligent Designer???

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Maybe it is Xenu attacking your thetans.

[GSlob]

You mean that he unzips and the tooth falls out?

[gleeaikin]

ping

[SampleMan]

Maybe an Intelligent Designer???

Now you did it. I hope you're wearing asbestos underwear.

[bobdsmith]

Apparently not all the scientists at Princeton are drinking the "everything there is to know about evolution is already known" Kool-Aid.

no scientist has ever claimed such a thing period

[SampleMan]

no scientist has ever claimed such a thing period

Really, you ought to read the last evolution thread on FR. But rules are rules. Games on.

[timburton]

>>>“This fascinating and unanticipated new property of DNA has the potential to cause substantial damage to our cells, leading to cancer or other diseases, unless it is controlled or exploited for some beneficial purpose,” she said. “We will stay tuned.”<<<

Looks like the Law of Entropy strikes again, and the biggest objection (apart from irrationality of matter being eternal) to genetic evolution stays. There are NO good mutations.

[D-fendr]

Those little spirals are SMART!

[bobdsmith]

I would be just as utterly amazed if anyone on FR had made such a claim. We don't even fully understand gravity.

[cryptical]

Maybe an Intelligent Designer???

Touched by His Noodly Appendage...

[bobdsmith]

Every mutation has an opposite mutation. So if bad mutations exist then so do good mutations, in equal quantity.

[Maceman]

“Flexibility could help with DNA packaging, which happens any time you need to stuff DNA into a tight place,”

Why don't they just use an Acme DNA Stuffer?

[bobdsmith]

mmm DNA cider

[PatrickHenry]

This is a bit technical, but things have been slow. I'm gonna ping the list.

[PatrickHenry]

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[muir_redwoods]

"Apparently not all the scientists at Princeton are drinking the "everything there is to know about evolution is already known" Kool-Aid."

Could you provide the names of 2 or 3 PhD level life scientists who have said something similar to this claim? I'd appreciate it.