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11-04-2013, 09:29 AM
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Yes, it's a mostly natural code. But they wrote it. They just weren't sure what they could write that would be biologically competent. Cells are incredibly complicated and it caan be very difficult to predict the cellular consequences. Now that they accomplished this major scientific milestone, the synthesis of an entire genome and the creation of a lifeform from this genome, they're hard at work to make more interesting, synthetic organisms.
There first goal seems to be genome reduction, creating the 'minimal cell'. They hope to provide a better workhorse microbe for bioengineering that's stripped of nonessential cellular function. I'm sure once they accomplish this miraculous feat, you'll just scoff and say "so what, that thing's way more simple than a 'real' cell!" which is exactly what they're going for. | ||
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11-04-2013, 11:00 AM
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if you're being serious
then you are really cherry picking stuff to support your argument Darwin did NOT think evolution was impossible. he conceded that it might not be true, but he did not think it was impossible. why the fuck would he write The Origin of Species if he thought evolution was impossible? so many people on both sides of this thread stating possibilities as fact. truth is -- no one knows for sure. and likely we never will know for sure.
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11-04-2013, 11:12 AM
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You obviously have never read the Origin of Species. Just about every passage begins with "If my theory be true" where he outlines certain criteria which has to be true in order for evolution to be possible. Many of these criteria have since been disproved which according to Darwin himself destroys his entire theory.
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11-04-2013, 12:22 PM
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I realized I'm being trolled, but the ignorance at the heart of these statements is a caricature of the ignorance at the heart of all religion. The concept of faith is baffling. Faith is belief not just in the absence of evidence, but despite evidence to the contrary. This topic is deeply personal to me. As a scientist, I carry the legacy of a group continuously persecuted for MY beliefs, built from evidence past and evolving from evidence to come. This persecution has done nothing but hamper scientific progress and thus the technology that inevitably results.
We've moved beyond simply studying the biological world. Scientists of the last century learned how to exploit or conquer complex biological systems, resulting in cheaper and more abundant food and reducing the threat from many of the most terrifying diseases. Scientists of this century are learning how to BUILD biology, and the consequences of these achievements will likely exceed any speculation I might offer. Faith is synonymous with intentional ignorance, and intentional ignorance wastes the very thing that makes our species special on this planet. | ||
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11-04-2013, 12:35 PM
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If you seriously think I'm trolling, please fucking kill yourself. I've done nothing but completely shit on all of your arguments. Nobody has ever seen evolution from one species to another occur. It's not fucking science you god damn delusional fucking moron. How the fuck can something that cannot be seen, tested, experimentally observed, possibly be science? Bacteria becoming more bacteria isn't evolution dumb fuck. You speak of faith and yet evolution takes more faith to believe in than God ever could. "Billion and billions of years" herp fucking derp. Just add "billions of years" to anything we can't actually explain. So fucking dumb it's ridiculous.
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11-04-2013, 12:55 PM
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*sigh* ^^ that is the problem with faith. You can't even begin to entertain the thought that maybe you are wrong. Instead you parrot sad, overused talking points that have ALL been ripped to shreds over and over again. Grow the fuck up and use some critical thinking. Oh wait, that's what your people say "is dangerous." LOL
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