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From: rlh@cvl.UUCP (Ralph L. Hartley)
Newsgroups: net.origins
Subject: Re: How about the future?
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Date: Thu, 27-Sep-84 10:35:55 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 27 10:35:55 1984
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Organization: Computer Vision Lab, U. of Maryland
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> Baloney
> We are, I assme, talking about a creator postulated to be at least as
> intelligent as we are!  It strikes me as strong evidence for a creator
> if similar functions are performed by similar molecules in distinct
> but similar animal/plant groups.

Why didn't the creator use the SAME molecules for the same functions in
different criters (kinds or species). Take cytocrome, one of the respiratory
enzymes, as an example. It performs exactly the same function in me, in a
chimpanzee, and in the plants on my desk. Why does the ape's protein
resemble mine almost exactly, while the plant's are much different.
Remember that none of these are improvements. The variation in function
is to small to measure.

				Ralph Hartley
				rlh@cvl
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