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Buzsaw
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Message 211 of 265 (501190)
03-04-2009 11:53 PM
Reply to: Message 209 by Coyote
03-04-2009 11:46 PM


Re: Pertaining Pesky Post Abiogenesis Primitives
Coyote writes:
Or not! That's they key!
What? You mean they may not die? Please explain.
Edited by Buzsaw, : Typo fix

BUZSAW B 4 U 2 C Y BUZ SAW.
The immeasurable present eternally extends the infinite past and infinitely consumes the eternal future.

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Message 212 of 265 (501191)
03-04-2009 11:58 PM
Reply to: Message 211 by Buzsaw
03-04-2009 11:53 PM


Re: Pertaining Pesky Post Abiogenesis Primitives
Coyote writes:
Or not! That's they key!
What? You mean they may not die? Please explain.
Those that die or fail to reproduce are weeded out. Those that survive pass on their characteristics.
Go back and read the post I was responding to and it will all become clear.

Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.

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Buzsaw
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Message 213 of 265 (501194)
03-05-2009 12:36 AM
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03-04-2009 11:58 PM


Re: Pertaining Pesky Post Abiogenesis Primitives
Coyote writes:
Those that survive pass on their characteristics.
What is the mechanism for first living organism/s saving their characteristics for the next generation before genetic information had evolved in the genesis of evolution of living organisms?
Edited by Buzsaw, : Typo fix

BUZSAW B 4 U 2 C Y BUZ SAW.
The immeasurable present eternally extends the infinite past and infinitely consumes the eternal future.

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Vacate
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Message 214 of 265 (501196)
03-05-2009 2:06 AM
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03-05-2009 12:36 AM


Re: Pertaining Pesky Post Abiogenesis Primitives
What is the mechanism for first living organism/s saving their characteristics for the next generation before genetic information had evolved in the genesis of evolution of living organisms?
I believe it doesn't have a true answer. There was no "first living organism/s" in that there is no clear way of deciding what life actually is. At some fairly arbitrary point self replicating chemical reactions became life. The best way I can think of to explain that is to ask at what point does a single tree become a forest of trees? Or when does a town become a city, or when does a child become an adult? We cannot give a precise moment because the concept itself is undefinable.
We can obviously see life as much as we can recognize a forest, city, or an adult. We can also assign various criteria for such things, but they aren't real; we just made them up to help us make sense of the world.
There is no good answer to your question Buzsaw because what we call life is just a majority vote. There are several examples of what could be life but is missing one or another criteria, its life... but its not. So if Abiogenesis is true there would not be a recognizable "genesis of evolution" but a series of steps with a grey area that is life but not life. Or not life but behaves like life more so than a chemical reaction.

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Stagamancer
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Message 215 of 265 (501199)
03-05-2009 3:48 AM
Reply to: Message 208 by Buzsaw
03-04-2009 11:42 PM


Re: Pertaining Pesky Post Abiogenesis Primitives
2. Aren't we back to square one as to how first organisms replicated their kind before genetic information evolved into the first organism/s?
I believe I've already pointed out that RNA has both the ability to contain genetic information, as well as self-catalyze its replication:
quote:
An RNA enzyme that catalyzes the RNA-templated joining of RNA was converted to a format whereby two enzymes catalyze each other's synthesis from a total of four oligonucleotide substrates. These cross-replicating RNA enzymes undergo self-sustained exponential amplification in the absence of proteins or other biological materials. Amplification occurs with a doubling time of about 1 hour and can be continued indefinitely. Populations of various cross-replicating enzymes were constructed and allowed to compete for a common pool of substrates, during which recombinant replicators arose and grew to dominate the population. These replicating RNA enzymes can serve as an experimental model of a genetic system. Many such model systems could be constructed, allowing different selective outcomes to be related to the underlying properties of the genetic system.
This is the abstract for the paper Self-Sustained Replication of an RNA Enzyme by Tracey A. Lincoln and Gerald F. Joyce
Any questions?

"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."

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Message 216 of 265 (501229)
03-05-2009 9:30 AM
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03-05-2009 3:48 AM


Re: Pertaining Pesky Post Abiogenesis Primitives
I believe I've already pointed out that RNA has both the ability to contain genetic information, as well as self-catalyze its replication:
It's generally considered unlikely that the first organisms were RNA (too complicated a molecule). It's more likely that they were self-replicating polypeptide chains (proteins, basically) but your basic point: the first life was a self-replicated molecule with no seperate genetic material stands.

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Buzsaw
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Message 217 of 265 (501232)
03-05-2009 9:50 AM


Interesting Responses
Thanks very much Vacate and Stagamancer. This all is very interesting. I want to do some Reading and thinking before responding.

BUZSAW B 4 U 2 C Y BUZ SAW.
The immeasurable present eternally extends the infinite past and infinitely consumes the eternal future.

RCS
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Message 218 of 265 (540341)
12-24-2009 1:48 AM
Reply to: Message 183 by Larni
03-02-2009 7:05 AM


I thought the Yahweh was omniscient?
Reason why should have had infra red vision too.

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Larni
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Message 219 of 265 (540359)
12-24-2009 7:54 AM
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12-24-2009 1:48 AM


Sorry, but that sentence does not make sense: could you rephrase it?

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RCS
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Message 220 of 265 (540417)
12-24-2009 9:24 PM
Reply to: Message 219 by Larni
12-24-2009 7:54 AM


Reason why biblegod should have had infra red vision too.

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Nuggin
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Message 221 of 265 (540418)
12-24-2009 9:39 PM
Reply to: Message 213 by Buzsaw
03-05-2009 12:36 AM


Re: Pertaining Pesky Post Abiogenesis Primitives
What is the mechanism for first living organism/s saving their characteristics for the next generation before genetic information had evolved in the genesis of evolution of living organisms?
The problem with this question is "first living organism".
There is a very blurry line between self sustained chemical reactions and the first organism.
For example, a strand of protein which has absolutely no function whatsoever aside from self replication -- is that alive?

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Larni
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Message 222 of 265 (540434)
12-25-2009 6:59 AM
Reply to: Message 220 by RCS
12-24-2009 9:24 PM


Are you trying to ask me the reason why the god of the Christian bible does not have infra red vision?
Or why the god of the Christian bible should have infra red vision?

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RCS
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Message 223 of 265 (540705)
12-27-2009 9:43 PM
Reply to: Message 222 by Larni
12-25-2009 6:59 AM


No, I am not asking answers. After all I did not pose a question.

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Larni
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Message 224 of 265 (540730)
12-28-2009 7:17 AM
Reply to: Message 223 by RCS
12-27-2009 9:43 PM


I have no idea what you are trying to communicate to me, sorry.

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OLEGDEI
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Message 225 of 265 (541430)
01-03-2010 2:40 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by RickCHodgin
01-20-2009 5:24 AM


GOD'S WILL
What people fail to recognize when they make outlandish statements about God is there is absolutely no evidence to support a God.
These statements are made on a emotional basis without providing an factual information to validate their argument. Every Science discipline from molecular biology to genomics have proven Darwin correct period! When people make these crazy claims about a God it comes from their brainwashing that they received from their religious leaders.
There is an excellent website that publishes a free monthly newsletter - Science and Discovery. These folks cover evolution from soup to nuts. There is also the added benefit that these folks take the Bible and disprove every facet of it.
I think this is a must read for everyone who wants to engage in this debate. The website that I would higly recommend for evryone is:
http://WWW.SCIENCECLUBOFLONGISLAND.COM

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