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Author Topic:   One liners, or how to make the PRATTS fall
Percy
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Message 3 of 50 (649491)
01-23-2012 6:03 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by subbie
01-23-2012 12:08 PM


subbie writes:
PRATT: If we evolved from monkeys, why are there still monkeys?
Response: If Americans emigrated from Europe, why are there still Europeans?
How about this modification
PRATT: If we're descended from monkeys, why are there still monkeys?
Response: If we're descended from Europeans, why are there still Europeans?
--Percy

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Percy
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Message 35 of 50 (650324)
01-30-2012 7:40 AM
Reply to: Message 31 by shadow71
01-29-2012 7:47 PM


Re: crispr
Hi Shadow,
I think you maybe meant something like this:
PRATT: All mutations are random with respect to fitness.
Response: Mutations in the form of insertions in the CRISPR loci of DNA are not random with respect to fitness.
But the response won't mean anything to almost everyone. This thread is seeking short and effective responses to PRATTs.
More importantly, most scientists would inherently averse to absolute statements like "All mutations are random with respect to fitness." Years of research counsels, shall we say, more tentative expressions.
So if you go by what a scientist trying to be brief would be more likely to say, "Mutations are random with respect to fitness," then this isn't really a PRATT because the vast majority of mutations must be random with respect to fitness by the very manner of their creation: microbiological mistakes during copying or other DNA-related processes.
--Percy

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Message 42 of 50 (692658)
03-06-2013 10:40 AM
Reply to: Message 41 by Steve660
03-05-2013 3:18 PM


Re: One-liners and short ripostes
Welcome aboard!
--Percy

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