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So who knows when things started evolving? Hmmm?
doesn't matter considering we are probably now in the process of DEvolving...:2razz:
So who knows when things started evolving? Hmmm?
So much for people being made from ribs and mud.
I think this article explains it a tad better: Mystery of how life on Earth began solved by British scientists - Telegraph
Apparently they were able to synthesize two of the four building blocks of RNA (although which two I don't know). To quote Dr. Sutherland, ""We haven't yet made the RNA molecule itself but we've made two of the four sub-units or building blocks. It suggests that making the molecule is possible. The building blocks are strung together and doing that is actually easier than making the building blocks themselves".
Exciting stuff!
I think this article explains it a tad better: Mystery of how life on Earth began solved by British scientists - Telegraph
Apparently they were able to synthesize two of the four building blocks of RNA (although which two I don't know). To quote Dr. Sutherland, ""We haven't yet made the RNA molecule itself but we've made two of the four sub-units or building blocks. It suggests that making the molecule is possible. The building blocks are strung together and doing that is actually easier than making the building blocks themselves".
Exciting stuff!
This is what I don't agree with. The title is very misleading. They have not solved anything yet. They have good evidence that will hopefully lead them in the right direction, but solved? Not by a long shot.
Yes it is pretty exciting.
This was not an attack on you. Started reading the article and it is excellent so far. I just think the title is misleading.
To make an analogy, they made ethene, RNA is polyethylene. The focus of the study was assembling the monomer in realistic conditions
No offense taken, I promise!
I don't think it will be solved unless they can synthesize all four building blocks, but synthesizing two of the four under primordial conditions was pretty remarkable. I think they titled the article this way because this illustrates that all four could definitely be synthesized. And again, I think that this could easily go hand-in-hand with one's faith, if they believe that their Creator created all this.
That's my two cents, anyway!
This is what I don't agree with. The title is very misleading. They have not solved anything yet. They have good evidence that will hopefully lead them in the right direction, but solved? Not by a long shot.
Yes it is pretty exciting.
This was not an attack on you. Started reading the article and it is excellent so far. I just think the title is misleading.
In theory would it be possible to travel far enough away from the earth to actually observe the conditions at the time? Is it even plausible?
I am not quite certain if light ever stops moving so I don't know. For example I think it takes 8 Min's for the light from our sun to reach us. So we are actually seeing the sun as it looked 8 Min's ago.
It gets me as I look through my telescope that I am seeing light that started it's journey in some cases thousands of years ago.
So much for people being made from ribs and mud.
Scientists May Have Found How Life Began - Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News - FOXNews.com
While this may be controversial among a number of people, it's still very interesting regardless. The publication can be read in the latest issue of Nature or online here: Access : Synthesis of activated pyrimidine ribonucleotides in prebiotically plausible conditions : Nature
I personally believe that faith is different from science, and those who believe can certainly point to their Creator as the ultimate cause for all this. This is certainly no 'smoking gun' against any religious belief, and hopefully will not be taken as an attack against those who are devout.
Point is science cannot discredit faith anymore then faith can discredit science.
As a general notion no. But science can discredit specific interpretations of faith.
True. For example, faith that the Earth is the center of the universe, or that the earth is flat, or that someone can gain magical powers, etc. Any faith in an objective reality can be tested and verified scientifically. It is only those theories and matters of faith that deal with the Metaphysical that cannot be scientifically tested.
Well, the exception to that is Young Earth Creationism which would bypass such a problem by citing God's capacity to hide the evidence and plant fake evidence. That of course makes God a liar (and creates a whole slew of bigger theological problems in the process), but it allows YEC to get around the science discrediting it.
And that's what it's all about isn't it? Science can't explain away everything, but that doesn't matter to you.As a general notion no. But science can discredit specific interpretations of faith.
And that's what it's all about isn't it? Science can't explain away everything, but that doesn't matter to you.
The fact that science continually eats away religious notions seems to bother you quite a bit.