RE: Evolution, religion, and ignorance.
May 12, 2014 at 6:06 pm
(This post was last modified: May 12, 2014 at 6:06 pm by pocaracas.)
(May 12, 2014 at 5:52 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote:(May 11, 2014 at 5:18 pm)RDK Wrote: We have torn apart various component parts of living things, and have reformed combinations which are different from anything before, but that is not life. We are changing the portions of parts which were alive into new positions and say we have created life. We can combine but so far we do not create anything from scratch.
We've created an entire bacterial genome from scratch, inserted it into a denucleated cell, and had that cell come to life and reproduce. Say, what would change in your beliefs on this matter if an entire living cell was made from scratch?
Oh, Mister Agenda, sir, how about A semi-synthetic organism with an expanded genetic alphabet?
Also known as the only being on Earth with a DNA that has 6 instead of 4 "letters"