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Organism Closest To Original "Tree of Life" Discovered

An anonymous reader writes "Scientists have discovered a benign algae eating protozoan in a lake near Oslo, Norway whose gene sequence does not match any known organism living on earth today, and this beasty combines genetic characteristics across plant, animal, and fungal kingdoms. It is believed to be the closest living organism to the original organisms that spawned all animal life on earth."

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  1. Re:Oblig. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    No. We need more agnostics. Atheism is the anti-religion religion. They are all too often more fanatical and crazy. A least with religious zealots, you know where you stand. With Atheists, they quietly scheme and lie, all too often to themselves. Atheism is even completely incompatible with science. After all, these crazies believe they have in absolutely terms disproven a negative.

    By definition, a good scientist is agnostic and an atheist is a crazy zealot, like any other.

  2. Re:Usher's fault by Nadaka · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    They believe it because the mental illness of faith, in combination with the religion memetic parasite that infests their mind, allows them to completely ignore all evidence to the contrary.