19th April 2006, 12:19 PM
based on what i know so far its that transmutagenic property that makes lifeforms so pliable and easily transformed to best fit any given situation, low food, extreme weather changes, etc. If the DNA were "clean" we would essentially stop evolving as there would be nothing to jump to in the pool. We would be perfect human beings but we would go beyond where we are now.
that said, there's a billion problems with our DNA specifically because we're the only living thing that takes care of its gentically defunct, if a couple has a retarded infant (either physically or mentally on any given level) the infant is still raised and nurtured and taught to find a mate and even have children, etc. this could be as simple as someone born who is legally blind but can still see somewhat. he or she just needs glasses; In the wild they'd be dead in a few weeks but with human beings they can lead a full happy life and have children who will either have the same defect or carry the genes of that defect and so and so on with every retardation or defect you can think of. In the wild world, any such defects are avoided, no one wants to have a baby with someone who was born with one leg or born mentally retarded or especially with poor vision, so their gene pools stay cleaner.
The inverse of that is that is that in the code of lions for example, they make sure to keep it clean but in that idea, they retain all the gene material of anything that worked in the past. So if a cold climate approaches and hinders hunting ability or its just too cold to live the DNA will reactivate during gestation and turn certain aminos on that were once dorment because it will recognize the need on a cellular level. Just like your hands get callouses after working hard for a day, your body adapts instantly as best as it can, over time if an entire race of people worked hard with their hands every day it would introduce old genes to make the hands stronger since its need is litteraly noticed by every cell of the body in the parents, so it transfers. So the first cubs that are born in the cold enviroment wont look that much different, but after a few generations in a very short time span they'll be very well adapted because they did it before. It's devolution and alot of animals have used it already in our recorded science, like those weird mantids that just evolve wings when they need it every few thousand generations if the population gets too low, so they can spread further and find more of their kind to mate. the mantid DNA actually recognizes that the number of mantids is getting smaller every year (smaller gene pool) so suddenly the next generation of infant mantids have wings
in human beings, we're so dirty because of our need to protect our children (even if they would be better off dead as sad as that is), that we get birth defects, cancers, internally manifested viruses and even time-coded problems where you just suddenly have a bad heart out of nowhere because a certain gene cant function correctly. Wild animals have no such problems because they dont have the luxury of giving a higher survivability rate to someone in their group becauuse of a defect, they're just left to die or let to live with the inability to protect or sustain itself, which makes the gene pool very, very strong.
that said, there's a billion problems with our DNA specifically because we're the only living thing that takes care of its gentically defunct, if a couple has a retarded infant (either physically or mentally on any given level) the infant is still raised and nurtured and taught to find a mate and even have children, etc. this could be as simple as someone born who is legally blind but can still see somewhat. he or she just needs glasses; In the wild they'd be dead in a few weeks but with human beings they can lead a full happy life and have children who will either have the same defect or carry the genes of that defect and so and so on with every retardation or defect you can think of. In the wild world, any such defects are avoided, no one wants to have a baby with someone who was born with one leg or born mentally retarded or especially with poor vision, so their gene pools stay cleaner.
The inverse of that is that is that in the code of lions for example, they make sure to keep it clean but in that idea, they retain all the gene material of anything that worked in the past. So if a cold climate approaches and hinders hunting ability or its just too cold to live the DNA will reactivate during gestation and turn certain aminos on that were once dorment because it will recognize the need on a cellular level. Just like your hands get callouses after working hard for a day, your body adapts instantly as best as it can, over time if an entire race of people worked hard with their hands every day it would introduce old genes to make the hands stronger since its need is litteraly noticed by every cell of the body in the parents, so it transfers. So the first cubs that are born in the cold enviroment wont look that much different, but after a few generations in a very short time span they'll be very well adapted because they did it before. It's devolution and alot of animals have used it already in our recorded science, like those weird mantids that just evolve wings when they need it every few thousand generations if the population gets too low, so they can spread further and find more of their kind to mate. the mantid DNA actually recognizes that the number of mantids is getting smaller every year (smaller gene pool) so suddenly the next generation of infant mantids have wings
in human beings, we're so dirty because of our need to protect our children (even if they would be better off dead as sad as that is), that we get birth defects, cancers, internally manifested viruses and even time-coded problems where you just suddenly have a bad heart out of nowhere because a certain gene cant function correctly. Wild animals have no such problems because they dont have the luxury of giving a higher survivability rate to someone in their group becauuse of a defect, they're just left to die or let to live with the inability to protect or sustain itself, which makes the gene pool very, very strong.