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The Genome 10K. It sounds like a race of about 6.2 miles. It's not.
Academics from UC Santa Cruz and the Salk Institute have money and time to burn.
A "genome zoo" project has been outlined to complete genetic codes of 10,000 vertebrate species. So far so good.
Project leaders say, "The most challenging intellectual problem in biology for this century will be the reconstruction of our biological past so we can understand how complex organisms such as ourselves evolved. Genomes contain information from the past - they are molecular fossils - and having sequences from vertebrates will be an essential source of rich information."
Indeed the project sounds like it can/will keep the biologists busy for a long time. But for the purposes of understanding how we evolved?
Why start off with that supposition and go look for an answer? Rather, not why not get the info and ask, "What is this teaching us?"
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"Rather, not why not get the info and ask, "What is this teaching us?" "
That's exactly what is happening, and what has been happening for the past hundred and 50 years. (and further back for science in general)
And the answer is 'Evolution is True'. The only people who disagree are a subset of Christians and Muslims who are presupposing "My Dogma is correct, this conflicts with my dogma, therefore observed reality is wrong"
Remember if they decode these 10,000 genomes and CAN'T fit them into a family tree that is actual evidence of special creation!
Remember to keep your fingers crossed Bill.
"Rather, not why not get the info and ask, "What is this teaching us?" "
Among other things a more detailed understanding of biology, an understanding of how the genome interacts with the organism which could be helpful in curing diseases, remedying defects, alleviating disabilities.
Science, by reliably discovering fact is useful. Religion was useful in primitive societies for achieving social cohesion, cooperation and orderly control. In a modern society it merely degrades the rational thought of the citizenry. Interestingly, if you measure the success of a society by the well being of its citizens those societies most religious fare the worst. Including the U.S.
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