Argy Lacedom wrote:Yes I remember our earlier conversation. For a sexually reproducing organism it is the ability to have fertile offspring. For a non sexually reproducing organism it is a complex calculation on the DNA sequence compared the the ancestor. I gave myself a headache by trying to understand how the AIDs virus evolves in the latest Scientific American. I now realise how complex it is to define a virus as there is no one "ancestor virus" but rather a "pool of DNA sequences" that share familiar set of factors. ( There is no vaccine for AIDS as it infects the actual antibody "receptor" that identifies "viruses".....lets wait for it to become airborne and see what happens...gulp!)
Two points. The term "species" is a slippery one.
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It all gets down to the fact that religionists can't grapple with complex problems.
[PS, sorry about the type size - don't have a clue what's causing it]
"If something as simple as matter requires a creator, why doesn't something as complex as God? If something as complex as God doesn't require a
creator, why does something as simple as matter?" Hawker Hurricane SAB
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