Reciprocating Bill
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| Quote (Daniel Smith @ Oct. 06 2007,04:15) | | Quote (Reciprocating Bill @ Oct. 05 2007,21:25) | | OK - but the question was: Does this fairly summarize your view? |
Pretty close - yeah. Of course, I'm not sure if the info was pre-loaded into one or many organisms.
You make it sound so far fetched, but remember, there was a time when it would have seemed far fetched to think that all the info that determines what you will be, and all the info that reveals where you came from, could be contained in one single cell - yet we now know that to be true. |
Well, I've stated your thesis, and you've ruled it "pretty close" to summarizing your own views - yet also say that it "sounds far fetched."
I submit to you that I haven't made it "sound" far fetched. It simply IS far fetched.
And, Daniel, speaking to your preference for outliers and scientific rebels, "being far fetched" is NOT a positive argument - particularly when you YOURSELF find that your position defies credulity when it is compactly stated.
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