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Author Topic:   Any practical use for Universal Common Ancestor?
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Message 1342 of 1385 (859783)
08-03-2019 12:35 AM
Reply to: Message 1340 by Dredge
08-01-2019 9:53 PM


Let us assume that your fantasy is actually true and that no one has or will provide you with what you would consider an adequate answer to your goalpost-shifting question. What does that mean to you? What significance does it hold in the grand debate?

Eschew obfuscation. Habituate elucidation.

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Message 1346 of 1385 (860052)
08-05-2019 11:13 AM
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08-05-2019 3:32 AM


Re: It tells us who we are.
otherwise known as science-fiction and superstition.
So say the reality challenged.

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Message 1349 of 1385 (860078)
08-05-2019 12:41 PM
Reply to: Message 1347 by ringo
08-05-2019 12:05 PM


Re: It tells us who we are.
I wonder what science fiction is like to somebody who actually believes in spooks and miracles.
Apparently their version of science fiction involves things like gigantic geologic columns and swarms of Universal Common Ancestors and horrifying tales of self-replicating peptides.
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Message 1355 of 1385 (860703)
08-10-2019 9:45 AM
Reply to: Message 1353 by Dredge
08-10-2019 1:16 AM


it means Dobzhansky's claim that "Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution" is deluded nonsense.
So that's your reason for provoking this thread, so you can throw sand in some old dead guy's face?
Nothing more intellectual? No grand insights into the workings of the universe?
How does UCA lacking what you would define as practical use in applied science sever the well established connection between evolution and biology?
Do you contend that the scientific field of evolution only involves UCA? Are there no other practical links between evolution and biology?
As an example, is it your contention that mutation has no effect on biology?
Is it your contention that mutation in bacteria and viruses can never have an effect on your personal biology function?
There has got to be more to this than just you pissing on a dead guy's grave is there not?
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Message 1358 of 1385 (860984)
08-15-2019 6:18 AM
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08-15-2019 4:01 AM


I guess you can't answer the questions because you haven't any reasons or because you don't understand the questions. Fatuity indeed.
The bad news is this is an open public forum and everyone can see you trying to avoid giving an account of your UCA foolishness.
The good news is you have another opportunity to put forward your reasoning.
How does UCA lacking what you would define as practical use in applied science sever the well established connection between evolution and biology?
Do you contend that the scientific field of evolution only involves UCA? Are there no other practical links between evolution and biology?
As an example, is it your contention that mutation has no effect on biology?
Is it your contention that mutation in bacteria and viruses can never have an effect on your personal biology function?

Eschew obfuscation. Habituate elucidation.

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AZPaul3
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Message 1361 of 1385 (861542)
08-23-2019 4:31 AM
Reply to: Message 1360 by Dredge
08-23-2019 2:08 AM


My questions are as legitimate to this thread as was your OP.
Your question has been answered numerous times despite intransigent denials from you.
Since you choose to avoid the questions I ask I must assume you have no rational answers which means you are not here for discussion but for trolling.

Eschew obfuscation. Habituate elucidation.

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