DNA jumps between animal species, but no one knows how often

Re:DNA jumps between animal species, but no one knows how often by walleeee on Thursday June 10, 2021 @11:50AM (#27462093)

I'm just picking nits, but :%s/designed/evolved/g

Do very much agree it's miraculous. Biological organisms are robust to error and chance in ways no designed system comes close to matching. It's awe-inspiring

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Re:DNA jumps between animal species, but no one knows how often by VeninVidiaVicii on Thursday June 10, 2021 @12:12PM (#27462350)

In genetics it’s very common to say that things are designed a certain way without invoking a creator.

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Re:DNA jumps between animal species, but no one knows how often by burnte on Thursday June 10, 2021 @03:18PM (#27464469)

Yep, the designer is evolutionary pressures, not necessarily an inteligence. It's shorthand, not religious invokation.

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Re:DNA jumps between animal species, but no one knows how often by walleeee on Thursday June 10, 2021 @03:19PM (#27464481)

I didn't know this was common usage, thanks! I stand corrected

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Re:DNA jumps between animal species, but no one knows how often by burnte on Thursday June 10, 2021 @06:44PM (#27466863)

No worries, you're more right now than you were before. :)

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