Any practical use for Universal Common Ancestor?

Then I'm glad no one subscribes to such a theory.We have the ToE which is so much better, so accurate, so successful, so predictive.Amazing what science can do with facts.

Correct. Not quite correct. My Christian God created it (ie, not "god" but "God"). Incorrect. God created simple life forms which "evolved" via non-natural processes into more complex lifeforms. Incorrect. My "aliens" theory has nothing at all to do with my "God" theory. They are two separate theories. I wear two different hats - my "God" hat and my "Science" hat, depending on the audience.When I'm wearing my Science hat, my "aliens' theory is my best SCIENTIFIC theory for the what was responsible the fossil record. But having said that, I don't believe my or any "best scientific theory" for what is responsible for the fossil record, because I believe science cannot explain what is responsible for the fossil record.When I'm wearing my God hat, I believe the fossil record can be explained only by miracles and divine intervention.So I believe my God theory, but not my "aliens" theory. My "aliens" theory is simply a demonstration the stupendous brilliance of my scientific mind and an attempt to win a Nobel Prize for Science. Extinction events can be explained by some unforeseen natural event that the aliens had no control over, or they can be explained by the aliens getting bored with a certain line of genetic experimentation and starting again on a different tact - although other aliens scenarios can be thought of besides the "boredom" hypothesis. No way! I worship only God. The "aliens" are just a fantasy masquerading as science . you know, just like Darwinism is.Edited by Dredge, : No reason given.Edited by Dredge, : No reason given.Edited by Dredge, : No reason given.Edited by Dredge, : No reason given.Edited by Dredge, : No reason given.Edited by Dredge, : No reason given.

You mean as in smoke and mirrors majik? Maybe more like she sneezed her nose at some DNA? You forgot the nose sneezing.

I guess I will never know why you posted Gelernter's crap.

A probable explanation for that is, I am a genius and you are a intellectual mediocrity. Er, why have you posed me this question immediately after I said "I know next to nothing about genetic engineering"? A genius doesn't know everything!Edited by Dredge, : No reason given.

Prejudice is easy - the hard part is proving that it's "crap".

The Nobel Prize for Science, Huh? Is there somewhere we can order t-shirts?

If the genius doesn't know anything about the subject then why is he expounding on it? That's not genius. That's egomaniac delusion.Is your hair orange?

It's up to him to prove it's not crap.And I still am not a step closer to know why you posted it.

Er, no . that's not how it works - you made the claim that it's crap, so the onus is on your to prove your claim.Furthermore, I made no claim about Gelernter's opinion on the fossil record; I merely posted his thoughts.

Do you think Prof. Gelernter's views have any credence with the keepers of the sacred ToE?He's a religiously inspired computer programmer.I have as much influence over the intellectual directions of biology and evolution as does he.But his ideas are somewhat wacked as are yours so I'm thinking that kinship of delusion is your reason for citing him.

And I still have no idea why you posted anything by or about him. I still think it's crap.I have no interest in what he writes or thinks on any subject and as far as I can tell, he is not doing research on any subject I'm interested in learning more about.Edited by Tanypteryx, : No reason given.

Er, that's not how it works. The act of posting is making a claim of relevance for which you are responsible for (and obviously incapable of) supporting. .YECs have a habit of not "allowing" any logical deductions from their messages, acknowledging only strict literal readings. Seems to be a consequence of their inabilities. Edited by JonF, : No reason given.Edited by JonF, : No reason given.

"What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence"Hitchens's razor - Wikipedia

Macroevolution is seen in every comparison of genomes:"Outside of a time machine, Darwin could hardly have imagined a more powerful data set than comparative genomics to confirm his theory."--Francis Collins, "Faith and the Human Genome"We can also see it in the fossil record: Covering your eyes doesn't make the evidence go away.