Quote from: Optimism on September 19, 2010, 09:36:37 PM
King, what if I told you that I modified the genome of a select organism that facilitated the generation of a three-valve heart (the previous generation had a two valve heart). This process has the potential to take place over millions of years, given that the coding sequence must mutate for the production of a multicomplex protein//signaling pathway to promote such an event. However, within the laboratory, this can be forced within a single generation given that the coding sequence is known and can be readily duplicated to force such an occurrence. If nature selected for this variant upon its fruition, then this would be beneficial and maintain itself within the species' populous.
MUMBO JUMBO RIGHT?
WRONG -- I've done it.
King, mind elaborating on the following? If you understand the tenants of evolution, then, most certainly, explaining away the above will be difficult. Given that you don't understand the tenets of evolution, this won't be a problem for you. I've forced an expedited form of what would inevitably become an evolutionary process over millions (perhaps billions) of years given mutation of the specific base pairs required for the aforementioned protein code sequence//signaling pathway to facilitate the production of a tri-valve heart.
This isn't some made up process; I'VE DONE THIS IN THE LABORATORY...
Apparently, there is a bit of god in all of us, humans
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