Posted on 10/01/2006 3:14:48 AM PDT by PatrickHenry
This increasingly grates, yes. Like a rock in a shoe. Like an itch you can't scratch. It doesn't even have to be biology. It can be geology. It can be cosmology or astronomy. It can even be physics.
That this recurring freak show is such a predictable feature of life here says something unpleasant about the demographics. So does that current FR poll.
Thought experiment: when it is demonstrated that we can grow vocal cords & raise chimp IQ by enough points in order for them to be able to speak & comprehend, how is this going to effect the larger human population?
We all know it's coming, sooner than later. Will those that sign up for IQ enhancement gene therapy already be +1 std deviations, or will it be made available to those with -1 std deviations?
Will future brilliant generations look at our present-day geniuses with sadly condescending attitudes of how limited we were in our understanding of the world? Bonus question: will religion finally be on the ropes?
When I read the title, I was hoping this was going to explore what makes the races different, not species.
Life Type - Percentage difference in DNA
Kingdom - 50
Phylum - 20
Class - 10
Order - 8
Family - 6
Genus - 4
Species - 1.85
Race - 0.145
Individual - 0.005
We need to explore these differences so that we don't stereotype. Every DNA strand is sacred.
The poll is interesting. More lurkers than registered freepers have answered "No" to the idea of including creationism in science class (37% compared to 31.5%), but that's not surprising. We've always said that we post these science threads for the lurkers, to demonstrate that there are science-literate conservatives.
Those figures are higher when you discard the "votes" of those who voted "Undecided" or "Pass." When you do that you get 35.5% for freepers and 39.4% for lurkers. The overall figure for all voters who expressed an opinion is currently 37.5%. Any way you look at it, the result is horribly low (for keeping religion out of science classes), but it's far higher than some of the creationists around here had been hoping for.
Answer to all your questions: NO!
"First hijack attempt by #8?"
Good call!! #7 wss it.
No. Not only is gene sequence similar, but gene organization is also often similar, and the gene dissimilarities are also as they would be expected if creatures were related.
My elk and I are very happy. Please don't criticize my lifestyle.
LOL
Anne Elk?
They will look at the scientific powerhouses of Mexico, Vietnam and Kasikstan and compare their pursuit of science to the poor (by then 3rd or 4th rate) USA who ended its ability to do any real scientific research because science is Evil or doesn't address Philsophy sufficiently.
Thanks for the ping!
LOL
"This is just more confirmation of common descent "
Only a dipstick would confuse commonality with causality.
Learn the difference.
LOL!
Try this link. Remeber that I'm from Minnesota, not Wisconsin :-)
This is from the FAQ at The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM)...
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Q: Why [do you believe humans are descendants of] Pirates?
A: We believe that humans evolved from pirates. Consider that humans share around 95% DNA with monkeys, and more than 99.9% DNA with pirates.
When studying the human genome and its similarity to that of the chimp, scientists have recently concluded that 96% of our genome is similar. However, most people are unaware that this percent pertains to the regions of our DNA that result in proteins. It seems logical that if a protein performs a certain function in one organism, then that same protein should perform the same function in a variety of organisms. This is evidence for a common designer as much as for a common ancestor. But most of the DNA sequence performs an unknown function and has been largely dismissed as “junk DNA.” However, increasing evidence supports the view that “junk” DNA performs an important role. For example, a recent report unexpectedly found specific sequence patterns in “junk” DNA which scientists have termed “pyknons.”1 It has been suggested that these pyknons may be important in determining when and where proteins are made.
Within this “junk DNA” there may be large differences between man and chimp. The areas of greatest difference appear to involve regions which are structurally different (commonly called “rearrangements”) and areas of heterochromatin (tightly packed DNA).
Here are some other interesting differences between the human and chimp genomes which are often not reported:
* The amount of chimp DNA is 12% larger than what it is in humans.
* Several hundred million bases (individual components of the DNA) of the chimp genome are still unanalyzed.
* In many areas of the DNA sequence, major “rearrangements” seem apparent. These account for perhaps 4–10% dissimilarity between chimps and humans.
* Chimps have 23 chromosomes and humans have only 22 (excluding sex chromosomes for both species).
Thus, the physical and mental differences between humans and chimps are most likely due to the differences in purpose and function of the so-called junk DNA. This understanding should leave us more mindful of the awesome complexity of the Creator and His creation of DNA.
Dr. Georgia Purdom earned her doctorate from Ohio State University in molecular genetics and spent six years as a professor of biology at Mt. Vernon Nazarene University. Dr. Purdom is also a member of the American Society for Microbiology and American Society for Cell Biology.
Pandemonium ensues.
Sister: Bitten.
Cheese: Eaten
Domestic tranquility: Restored only through use of a beeber-like stune device.
"Elk". Yeah, right.
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