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Re:The Complex Truth About ‘Junk DNA’ by jostmey on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @04:56PM (#28385422)
Natural selection doesn't care about what looks pretty, only that it works. A modern operating system is millions of lines of code. Do you think it is possible that some of the code are no longer used but nobody dares remove it?
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Re:The Complex Truth About ‘Junk DNA’ by HPsquared on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @05:30PM (#28385732)
That would presuppose an intelligent designer who doesn't dare to try and remove the code. (Unless that's what you are saying)
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Re:The Complex Truth About ‘Junk DNA’ by speed_spread on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @05:38PM (#28385811)
Are you saying god is working in two-week sprints and has no control over the backlog? That would explain a lot.
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Re:The Complex Truth About ‘Junk DNA’ by HPsquared on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @05:48PM (#28385914)
That'd be the case if a conscious entity was not daring to remove code.

An evolutionary process, on the other hand, doesn't fear removing random sections so their continued presence indicates the "junk" must (somehow) be important to the organism's fitness.

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Re:The Complex Truth About ‘Junk DNA’ by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @05:52PM (#28385974)
Or not. Since a random process doesn't care, its easy to carry around indefinitely. Like that closet you never bother to clean.
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