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Sure, it has manipulated to a remarkable degree what is already present, even giving it new characteristics, a new form if you would, but is all taking what is already present and shaping it to suit. It has discovered minute processes and mimicked them and still it has not created anything. This is a testament to mankind ingenuity and adaptability and, in my opinion, further underscores that we really don't know, no matter how much we speculate, the big picture at all.
I saw one today on a full dress harley!!! -- j
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I always miss stuff like that. Every time someone says "Look at that!" I turn to see and just miss it. There's a warm spring in a bayou where the manatees and the tourists hang out to see them. I tried 4 times before I got lucky and saw them.
"Certain genes, however, seem to defy that origin story. They have no known relatives, and they bear no resemblance to any other gene. They’re the molecular equivalent of a mysterious beast discovered in the depths of a remote rainforest, a biological enigma seemingly unrelated to anything else on earth."
Remarkably they seem to emerge from Junk DNA is some capacity that defies contemporary understanding and lacks explanation.
"Researchers are beginning to understand that de novo genes seem to make up a significant part of the genome, yet scientists have little idea of how many there are or what they do. What's more, mutations in these genes can trigger catastrophic failures. “It seems like these novel genes are often the most important ones,” said Erich Bornberg-Bauer, a bioinformatician at the University of Münster in Germany."
Absolutely fascinating and wonder-filled at the same time.
You work in a very exciting profession.
of the myriad things which we don't know enough about .....
to call ourselves "well informed."
and, by the way, where's Jan? . this subject would be
a favorite of hers! -- j
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"Every choice that someone made to create a product we use had alternatives that weren't followed."
Of course, that is true. (Except that very often there are many more possibilities, rather than just two alternatives.) But the humans make those choices. They use not only all the test results and calculations, but also their intuitive inclinations, i.e. artistic parts of their personalities. If there are better choices, someone else usually finds them. That is, in my mind, the main reason why innovation and competition within a free trade market are so vitally valuable. This also touches on the fact that almost anything could be made better. But is there a buyer willing to cough up the cost of additional efforts in design and production?
I use that philosophy to encourage people who work for me to think beyond "what's usually done".
I hope that those people work for themselves and work with you. A nitpicker's observation, I agree.
EDIT: added missing word and replaced wrong word
Somehow the name Junk DNA, even after I had heard it many times, sparked an idea I would like to submit to your judgment.
The old expression: "use it loose it", I think, expresses a deep meaning of a property of living matter. Evolution and competition for survival eliminate what is not needed, it seems to me.
So, I think "junk" anything in this contest just reveals our state of ignorance. We do not know the function of something, so we throw it on the junk pile. I smell a bit of arrogance and a bit carelessness. Would you agree?
But the article explains that junk DNA is a slang term that is used for "Certain genes, however, seem to defy that origin story. They have no known relatives, and they bear no resemblance to any other gene."
Yes, it could be carelessness and yes it could be arrogance. It not my field and not my word. :)
"We don't know one millionth of one percent about anything."
By the way VetteGuy, what kind of corvette do you/have you owned? I have had a 79, 84, 96, and right now I have a 1982 Collectors Edition that I am planning on moddeing out with C4 suspension and a LS2 from a 2007 Corvette with 6 speed auto (Yea, I know that makes a lot of people upset but I like my cars to be daily drivers and for me there is nothing better than the style of the C3 with total modern everything under the skin).
But I am eyeballin the new one really heavilly.
My Vette was an 88 with the 4+3 tranny, but it is gone now. I still have my 78 Camaro Z28 T-top 4-speed, though. Incidentally, I love your idea of the C3 with C4 driveline & suspension. I'm not a purist when it comes to Vettes.