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Yeah, humans have actually been genetically modifying other life for centuries in a roundabout way through selective breeding and cultivars. So does this coun
by Razengan 6y ago
Yeah, humans have actually been genetically modifying other life for centuries in a roundabout way through selective breeding and cultivars.
So does this count as a form of intelligent design and would a hypothetical alien race be able to detect this kind of intervention by examining future species?
- lmm 6y ago> So does this count as a form of intelligent design No, because the resulting organisms are still very much evolved rather than designed. They still have masses of junk DNA and stupid path-dependencies like the appendix and the recurrent laryngeal nerve. > would a hypothetical alien race be able to detect this kind of intervention by examining future species? Yes; we've been able to tell from its genome that brewers' yeast is an ancient deliberate hybridisation of two wild yeast strains, so future aliens could presumably do the same.
- mschuster91 6y ago> and stupid path-dependencies like the appendix Recent research has shown that the appendix isn't as useless as it was long thought - there are strong suggestions that it acts as a "safe heaven" for the gut flora: https://time.com/4631305/appendicitis-appendix-gut-bacteria/ https://time.com/4631305/appendicitis-appendix-gut-bacteria/