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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (407998)	8/19/2008 11:19:47 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573737

"Yet without creationism, it shouldn't be long before scientists can recreate an amoeba from a "primordial soup," if evolution is that universal." I am creating artificial life, declares US gene pioneer guardian.co.uk "Using lab-made chemicals, they have painstakingly stitched together a chromosome that is 381 genes long and contains 580,000 base pairs of genetic code. The DNA sequence is based on the bacterium Mycoplasma genitalium which the team pared down to the bare essentials needed to support life, removing a fifth of its genetic make-up. The wholly synthetically reconstructed chromosome, which the team have christened Mycoplasma laboratorium, has been watermarked with inks for easy recognition."

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (407998)	8/19/2008 1:14:15 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573737

"Yes and no." How is it no? What predictive value can a theory have that has, at its basis, that physical laws are just suggestions? "To be sure, I have always viewed the question of evolution vs. creationism as a philosophical question, not one of science." Which puts it in a totally different realm. The philosophy of science is a mess. "Yet without creationism, it shouldn't be long before scientists can recreate an amoeba from a "primordial soup," if evolution is that universal." Why?