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To: Brumar89 who wrote (21099)	2/10/2012 9:26:36 AM
From: mel221	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

>> I hope you realize that's a faith based opinion. Certainly. A faith in man's ability to understand nature. A faith in the man's relentless acquisition of knowledge. Not much faith required actually. >> Actually, if a particular strand of code is changed so that it doesn't code for what it's supposed to, it's normally the organism that dies. And if it doesn't die, the organism may evolve with a new advantage. After enough changes, a new species will exist. >> No, it's real encoding. All coding does something useful otherwise it would be gobbleygook. We are at the point where we can create random DNA sequences and insert them into existing cells to see what happens. No intelligence whatsoever. What does this sequence do? What does that sequence do? Most will be gobbleygook. Some will do something useful. Eventually, you modify an existing organism or create a new one... without knowing what you are actually doing.