>In this case that hypothesis is "all other DNA/RNA is junk", Strawman. It is not as black and white as you think it is. Some non-coding DNA/RNA is functional

>In this case that hypothesis is "all other DNA/RNA is junk", Strawman. It is not as black and white as you think it is. Some non-coding DNA/RNA is functional. Some is not. Selection/conservation is often used as quick way to tell whether something is functional or not. Nobody actually in the field of genetics would say "all other DNA/RNA is junk". You'd get laughed out of the room, kind of in the same way if you said "all non-coding DNA is functional because 'epigenetics' ".