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  Evolution is a Fact #1 - Protein Functional Redundancy

  by cofty in

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  i intend for this to be one of a series of bite-sized ops on the evidence for evolution.. introduction to dna genes are sequences of dna made up of words (codons) each of which are three letters (bases) long.

  there are only four letters in the genetic alphabet (acg&t) each word or codon is the recipe for one amino acid.

  there are 20 different amino acids in living organisms.

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  The study is in the journal Human Evolution.... not a creationist source. - Perry

  My question was why you posted a link to a ridiculous, dishonest article that totally misrepresented the paper rather than posting a link to the original paper. You avoid answering the question and pretend you did the opposite. Why?

  I post this because it is favorable toward a worldview which I believe

  Except that it isn't. The paper about mitochondrial DNA discusses the age of extant species. It points to a date of approx 200,000 years when most modern species emerged from pre-existing species. It presupposes common ancestry from an origin billions of years ago. It does nothing to support your creationist superstitions.

  The rest of your post about dinosaur DNA has been answered so many times on this forum it is risible that you keep raising it without acknowledging that. The mere fact that you are still linking carbon dating with dinosaur bones proves that you have no interest in learning anything.
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  Evolution is a Fact #1 - Protein Functional Redundancy

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i intend for this to be one of a series of bite-sized ops on the evidence for evolution.. introduction to dna genes are sequences of dna made up of words (codons) each of which are three letters (bases) long.

  there are only four letters in the genetic alphabet (acg&t) each word or codon is the recipe for one amino acid.

  there are 20 different amino acids in living organisms.

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  Perry - The article you linked is written misleadingly by a journalist who clearly doesn't understand the significance of the paper or who has wilfully misrepresented it. Why didn't you link to the original paper?

  Here it is here...

  It's only 30 pages and it's not too challenging. It is a very interesting report on comparisons between the mitochondrial DNA of a wide range of species.

  The paper does NOT suggest that life originated all at the same time but that the age of extant species can be traced back to founder populations around 200,000 years ago. Two possibilities are suggested for why that is the case. There is NOTHING in the paper that in any way undermines the fact of evolution. It is a discussion about the pace of speciation. Please read the original paper not the appallingly bad, sensationalist bullshit article in Tech Times.

  Do creationists get news alerts for this sort of crap or do you find the links on other creationist websites? Get out of your self-imposed ignorance bubble.
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  Evolution is a Fact #1 - Protein Functional Redundancy

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i intend for this to be one of a series of bite-sized ops on the evidence for evolution.. introduction to dna genes are sequences of dna made up of words (codons) each of which are three letters (bases) long.

  there are only four letters in the genetic alphabet (acg&t) each word or codon is the recipe for one amino acid.

  there are 20 different amino acids in living organisms.

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  they will even go so far as to insist that science be defined as the search for “naturalistic explanations” Such a view excludes the possibility of creation a priori - Hooby

  You are confusing 'methodological naturalism' and 'ontological naturalism'.

  Anders has explained to you above why resorting to supernatural explanations is the opposite of science. 'god-did-it' is a lazy non-answer to all questions. The task of science is to find naturalistic answers - this is 'methodological naturalism'. Scientists who are also committed christians also follow this principle.

  However this does not require that scientists presume 'ontological naturalism' - the position that supernatural explanations are impossible. The point is that no such explanations are necessary to explain any feature of biological evolution.

  I will get to your extremely muddled second post later this evening. So many scientific misunderstandings!
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  Evolution is a Fact #1 - Protein Functional Redundancy

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i intend for this to be one of a series of bite-sized ops on the evidence for evolution.. introduction to dna genes are sequences of dna made up of words (codons) each of which are three letters (bases) long.

  there are only four letters in the genetic alphabet (acg&t) each word or codon is the recipe for one amino acid.

  there are 20 different amino acids in living organisms.

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  From this point forward on this thread I am minimizing direct dialogue with the poster cofty - Hooby

  Of course you are.

  Your intellectual cowardice is duly noted but that isn't how a discussion forum works. Will catch up with your latest offering shortly.
  
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  My son graduated last Friday

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

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  i have talked about him before on this forum.

  he is now a graduate from mit!.

  it was a lovely weekend.. i got to meet some of the friends he has made in the past four years, and some of their families.. they were very nice, decent, friendly, and enjoyable people.

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  That's brilliant. It's really satisfying to see our children enjoy opportunities we were denied.
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  LEAKED: HuB Project 2018 [4 parts + 3 sub-videos]

  by Fay Dehr in

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  https://youtu.be/q5vy2teaiuo.

  leaked: hub project 2018 [part 1 of 4] https://youtu.be/q5vy2teaiuo.

  leaked: hub project 2018 [part 2 of 4] https://youtu.be/8mjfucowkos.

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  Do they all get trained to wave their hands around like wooden mannequins?
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  Question about JW finance

  by Gorbatchov in

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  watched the jw finance video's.. they have sold all brooklyn landmarks.

  bilions.

  they are selling other property maybe up to 3000 units worldwide.. so, there is going something wrong.... there must be a giant money leak.

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  My answer ...
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  Evolution is a Fact #1 - Protein Functional Redundancy

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i intend for this to be one of a series of bite-sized ops on the evidence for evolution.. introduction to dna genes are sequences of dna made up of words (codons) each of which are three letters (bases) long.

  there are only four letters in the genetic alphabet (acg&t) each word or codon is the recipe for one amino acid.

  there are 20 different amino acids in living organisms.

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  Did you even bother to read my reply - no of course you didn't.

  The OP summarises a very powerful piece of evidence for the common descent of all living things and you would rather deflect attention by waffling about semantics.

  I used to be an ignorant (not pejorative) creationist too. Then I spent many years educating myself. If you ever decide to do the same let me know and I promise to help you.
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  Austria Begins Closing Mosques and Deporting Imams

  by cofty in

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  austria, a member of the eu since 1995, is a country of 8.8 million people with a muslim population of around 600,000 mostly turkish immigrants.

  in 2015 it passed an 'islam law' prohibiting foreign funding of religious groups and creating a duty for muslim organisations to have 'a positive fundamental view towards state and society'.. many mosques in austria have continued to receive money from turkish muslim organisations so the new right-wing government have decided to enforce the law.

  seven mosques have been identified for closure and 60 imams are to be either deported or refused visas.

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  The Freedom Party (FPO) is indeed on the far right with historical links to German National Socialists. It recently took 30% of the vote in Vienna.

  The problem is that if centrist parties refuse to deal the problem of Islam's refusal to live in the West according to Western standards of social freedom the far-right will flourish.
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  Evolution is a Fact #1 - Protein Functional Redundancy

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i intend for this to be one of a series of bite-sized ops on the evidence for evolution.. introduction to dna genes are sequences of dna made up of words (codons) each of which are three letters (bases) long.

  there are only four letters in the genetic alphabet (acg&t) each word or codon is the recipe for one amino acid.

  there are 20 different amino acids in living organisms.

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  cofty

  Hooby - In the context of the page you posted as evidence Alaya is using the word to refer to scientists who specialise in the field of molecular evolution. You used it in a pejorative sense to refer to anybody who accepts the fact of evolution.

  Virtually all scientists are 'evolutionists' in the second sense of the word as you used it, but only a percentage of those are 'evolutionists' in the first sense as Alaya uses it.

  It is a silly descriptor in the way you use it. Should somebody who accepts the fact of gravity be labelled a 'gravitaionalist' or should scientists who don't believe that the solar system revolves around the earth be called heliocentricists?
  

  Meanwhile back on topic it appears you have got nothing.