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Can you give an example of a gene you think is poorly implemented? Because I think God did a pretty good job when he designed us 6000 years ago. Sure, maybe t
by jibiki 18y ago
Can you give an example of a gene you think is poorly implemented? Because I think God did a pretty good job when he designed us 6000 years ago. Sure, maybe the code would have been a little better if he had spent more than a day on it, and it's possible that massive inbreeding (due to the fact that we are all descended from 2 people) has messed things up a bit, but on the whole, I'm happy with our existing genetic code base. And really, if you want to change it, you're second guessing god, and He's been around a long time. So that doesn't seem like such a good idea.
- ErrantX 18y ago6000 years ago our DNA was almost certainly incredibly different to what it is today (whether you believe God created it or not). A drastic change like that would basically be akin to evolving 6000 years in the space of just a few :) (Ive lost my link to the research done into our genetics that shows we did not all come from 2 common ancestors but I know some was done somewhere) Mastering the genome has long been my marker for true mastery of our race. But (and this is directed at the OP) I wouldnt like to seeanyone overly mess with it. We'd have to be damned certain we knew it inside out before tampering with it that heavily. On the other hand they are tampering with genes in mice etc. to try and cure diseases (and Folding@Home is investing a LOT of time modelling protein creation to help move things along :)).