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<blockquote data-quote="cotjones" data-source="post: 7663989" data-attributes="member: 573988">Oh I thought of another one! Lactose tolerance!&nbsp; That&#039;s a relatively new trait! I&#039;m just astounded that i&#039;m having to actually try and defend this argument.Look at it this way, the human body is made of average 16% protein. That&#039;s the most common molecule in the body next to water, and provides most of the functional framework for cell function. The average protein is composed of around 250 amino acids. If one codon, in this sequence is randomly changed, the entire protein can lose its functionality. Occasionally, an amino acid is interchangeable with another, but think of it like code in a computer program. If you randomly jumble some data in the binary, is it possible you get a positive result? sure. Is it likely? not hardly. It&#039;s quite rare. Every living thing is coded for by combinations of the same 4 characters. (Nucleotides.) So in effect. The genome is VERY much like a computer program. So why don&#039;t computer programs act like living things? They most certainly do! In fact, computers are far less efficient at preventing data losses than cells. The fact is that a human cell must read and write MUCH more often and MUCH more information than a computer. Is is conceivable that when computers become advanced enough in the future, they will demonstrate evolution-like properties. The more data you process, the more errors you will encounter. The difference is that every cell in the human body acts like the most advanced computer imaginable so even if corruption occurs in one, there are billions to back it up. (more specifically, the stem cells), but you get the point.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cotjones, post: 7663989, member: 573988"] Oh I thought of another one! Lactose tolerance! That's a relatively new trait! I'm just astounded that i'm having to actually try and defend this argument. Look at it this way, the human body is made of average 16% protein. That's the most common molecule in the body next to water, and provides most of the functional framework for cell function. The average protein is composed of around 250 amino acids. If one codon, in this sequence is randomly changed, the entire protein can lose its functionality. Occasionally, an amino acid is interchangeable with another, but think of it like code in a computer program. If you randomly jumble some data in the binary, is it possible you get a positive result? sure. Is it likely? not hardly. It's quite rare. Every living thing is coded for by combinations of the same 4 characters. (Nucleotides.) So in effect. The genome is VERY much like a computer program. So why don't computer programs act like living things? They most certainly do! In fact, computers are far less efficient at preventing data losses than cells. The fact is that a human cell must read and write MUCH more often and MUCH more information than a computer. Is is conceivable that when computers become advanced enough in the future, they will demonstrate evolution-like properties. The more data you process, the more errors you will encounter. The difference is that every cell in the human body acts like the most advanced computer imaginable so even if corruption occurs in one, there are billions to back it up. (more specifically, the stem cells), but you get the point. [/QUOTE]

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