> If a mechanism exists that prevents or corrects mutations across generations, then the theorists may *again* have to go back to the drawing board.
Except that we have overwhelming evidence that zillions of mutations have accumulated over the history of life on Earth.
We're already aware of epigenetic effects that you inherit along with your DNA (i.e., you develop from a fertilized egg that is a working system rather than just a passive data repository), and this appears to fit in the same category. So while fascinating, and presumably even important, it isn't likely to rewrite any textbooks, let alone overthrow any well established theories.
Also, it's going to take the scientific community some time to digest and evaluate this. As someone said on talk.origins a few hours ago (\me quoting from memory)
The article wouldn't be in
Nature if the title was "Back Mutation Found in Plant".
> Captain America & Bucky would have a better chance than some of the ones you just listed. At least with Cap and Bucky you could do it as a WWII period piece, throw in some Saving Private Ryan realism for contrast, and sell it to the serious patriots. "Go see Cap & Bucky to prove you love America or you can geeeeeet out".
Why not bring it up to date, with Don Rumsfeld and Jeff Gannon?
> I find both Angel and Buffy to be too cheesy, to the point of being painful to watch.
I never watched them when they were new, but I've been watching the re-runs lately. I find that an episode's merit is pretty much inversely proportional to how seriously it takes itself.
Some of the story arcs are kind of schizoid, though. Almost like they're making it up as they go...
> I thought Firefly, on the other hand, was very well done. [...] I guess it is all just a matter of preference.
Yeah I liked FF better too, and yeah there's no accounting for taste.
> And, apart from a few religious zealots on either side, most Hindus and Muslims (and Christians, Buddhists, etc) manage to co-exist peacefully in India.
One of the most pathetically funny things I've ever seen was a broadcast news story from a few years back, showing two rival groups of Buddhist monks fighting in the street over control of a temple. They were serious about it too; some of them were using what looked like quarterstaffs.
I'm pretty sure it was on the Pacific Rim rather than in India, though.
It's an oldie, but grab it if you can find it. It's a fantasy strategy game, played on a hex map but with card draws to keep it unpredictable. Very fun when several people are playing.
> One would think that if evolution is true, and species evolved from one specie to another, it's only logical we would find a lot of fossil evidence of these hybrid species, not to mention hybrid species living today.
I don't know what you mean by "hybrid species", but if you want "intermediate forms" you need only look at the wide range of aquatic mammals.
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> I don't subscribe to the big bang theory, relativity, or any other convenient explanations for this 'anomaly'.
Are you saying you reject GR? If so, why?
...on the old Atlantis movie.
> $SUBJECT
Probably minimally.
> If a mechanism exists that prevents or corrects mutations across generations, then the theorists may *again* have to go back to the drawing board.
Except that we have overwhelming evidence that zillions of mutations have accumulated over the history of life on Earth.
We're already aware of epigenetic effects that you inherit along with your DNA (i.e., you develop from a fertilized egg that is a working system rather than just a passive data repository), and this appears to fit in the same category. So while fascinating, and presumably even important, it isn't likely to rewrite any textbooks, let alone overthrow any well established theories.
Also, it's going to take the scientific community some time to digest and evaluate this. As someone said on talk.origins a few hours ago (\me quoting from memory)
> This really is no joke, these results are really exciting! I suggest everyone read the article.
Sorry; that's not customary on Slashdot.
"Barely Legal" or "MET-Art"?
> That's one more image I *really* didn't need.
Who sez Slashdot can't be fun after the goatse trick quit working!
> Captain America & Bucky would have a better chance than some of the ones you just listed. At least with Cap and Bucky you could do it as a WWII period piece, throw in some Saving Private Ryan realism for contrast, and sell it to the serious patriots. "Go see Cap & Bucky to prove you love America or you can geeeeeet out".
Why not bring it up to date, with Don Rumsfeld and Jeff Gannon?
> I find both Angel and Buffy to be too cheesy, to the point of being painful to watch.
I never watched them when they were new, but I've been watching the re-runs lately. I find that an episode's merit is pretty much inversely proportional to how seriously it takes itself.
Some of the story arcs are kind of schizoid, though. Almost like they're making it up as they go...
> I thought Firefly, on the other hand, was very well done. [...] I guess it is all just a matter of preference.
Yeah I liked FF better too, and yeah there's no accounting for taste.
> What's Hollywood going to do when they've finished making a movie for each super hero?
Wonder Woman LXIX
Ten years ago.
was the "iconic female heroine of our time." Wonder Woman was your grandparents' Buffy.
> Though the existence of the cloaked pages at all is somewhat questionable, at least Google has responded with integrity and consistency.
Don't they know this is the internet?
In future episodes we will teach you how to pick a pickup, fix a fixup, hang a hangup, and screw a screwup.
> Figer estimated the stars' masses...
Shouldn't that be "Figer figers out the stars' masses..."?
Wait 'til you hear what they do to recruits who admit they read Slashdot!
> Yes and you do know its spelt Dyslexic
Perhaps you've stumbled across the reason I know so much about how dislexics think!
> And, apart from a few religious zealots on either side, most Hindus and Muslims (and Christians, Buddhists, etc) manage to co-exist peacefully in India.
One of the most pathetically funny things I've ever seen was a broadcast news story from a few years back, showing two rival groups of Buddhist monks fighting in the street over control of a temple. They were serious about it too; some of them were using what looked like quarterstaffs.
I'm pretty sure it was on the Pacific Rim rather than in India, though.
> How about merging Pakistan and Bangaladesh with India like they originally were? That would be even finer solution.
Better yet, we could quit fighting the future and let the Black Helicopter Guys establish a single world government!
> And Bangalore is a cosmopolitan city full of all kinds of people. You won't be watched by the entire crowd because you have a 3 inch beard.
Take UNIX gurus in stride, do they?
> Oh, wait. Physically attacking a software company? Where's the fun in that?
Maybe they got bored with playing in easy mode.
> Militants? Militant whats? Militant Communists? Militant Republicans? Militant Anti-Caste activists? Militant Hindu Nationalists? Militant Islamists? Militant Christian Doomsday Fundamentalists? Militant Hello Kitty Fans?
> Just saying 'militants' is ignorant reporting.
Perhaps it's militant dislexics who missed the word 'Wahabi' in the overview.
It's an oldie, but grab it if you can find it. It's a fantasy strategy game, played on a hex map but with card draws to keep it unpredictable. Very fun when several people are playing.
> One would think that if evolution is true, and species evolved from one specie to another, it's only logical we would find a lot of fossil evidence of these hybrid species, not to mention hybrid species living today.
I don't know what you mean by "hybrid species", but if you want "intermediate forms" you need only look at the wide range of aquatic mammals.
To say nothing of the fossil record.
Here's my explanation:
Suppose you have two photons.
OK, things get a bit sketchy after that; think of it as a work in progress.
> Talk about mixing metaphors! "Shooting a gift horse in the mouth"??
Aw, give him a break. You know the important attribute for the "CEO of Spyware Company" character class is low CHA, not high INT.