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To: Right Wing Professor

"Yes it is."

Oh, well in that case you convinced me. I should have thought of that. How careless of me. /s

What biological or genetic function fails to work if some forms of life arose independent of some others?

BTW, a good friend of mine is completing his doctorate in molecular biology, and he told me he does not embrace common descent. I think he may understand biology and genetics since a major medical institution is employing him to research cancer.

Go ahead and demonstrate though how it is not possible to understand biology and genetics without embracing common descent.


60 posted on 02/01/2006 12:03:19 PM PST by unlearner (You will never come to know that which you do not know until you first know that you do not know it.)
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To: unlearner
BTW, a good friend of mine is completing his doctorate in molecular biology, and he told me he does not embrace common descent. I think he may understand biology and genetics since a major medical institution is employing him to research cancer.

Maybe his was a social promotion.

63 posted on 02/01/2006 12:09:13 PM PST by Ol' Dan Tucker (Karen Ryan reporting...)
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To: longshadow
Argument from the authority of an expert but unnamed uncle placemarker.
80 posted on 02/01/2006 12:35:59 PM PST by PatrickHenry (Virtual Ignore for trolls, lunatics, dotards, scolds, & incurable ignoramuses.)
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To: unlearner
What biological or genetic function fails to work if some forms of life arose independent of some others?

The genetic codes of organisms make no sense unless there is common descent. There would simply be a huge number of unexplained regularities and differences. Without common descent, we couldn't predict the gene or protein sequence for a gene in an unsequenced organism. Common descent is the organizing and unifying principle that underlies the field of genomics.

BTW, a good friend of mine is completing his doctorate in molecular biology, and he told me he does not embrace common descent. I think he may understand biology and genetics since a major medical institution is employing him to research cancer.

Yeah, yeah, we've heard the standard tales of brothers in law who are supergeniuses in a biological field and don't believe in evolution. If you seriously want this to be believed, have him post, and say for himself why he believes this.

93 posted on 02/01/2006 1:42:33 PM PST by Right Wing Professor (When your mind's made up, nothing's more confusing than lots and lots and lots of facts.)
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