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Re: I need help with a paradox. not a trick question, i do not know the answer
yes, i'm familiar with the concept of dna, and with
the "genome project." also a little bit with
anthropology and linguistic systems, both of which
have highly deliciously suggested that reflexive
consciousness (a main constituent of homo sapien)
could well have occurred at different times on the
planet independently of each other.
meaning, as an "evolutionist," i do not necessarily
believe that we all are derived from a common ancestor
and therefore related, just that we should make
everyone's time on this big blue marble as good as
possible. if we derive from a common ancestor, it is
probably one that existed prior to the breakdown of
the bicameral mind; in short, a less advanced
mammalian state.
just a thought.
--- "Peter T. Chattaway" <petert at interchange_ubc.ca>
wrote:
> > > > If you go back a certain number of
> generations, you will start to
> > > > intersect with certain people. We're all
> related, if you go back
> > > > far enough right?
> > >
> > > Bingo. I mean, heck, my grandparents on my
> mother's side (the
> > > Mennonite side) were third-cousins, and my uncle
> married *his*
> > > third-cousin -- though it's possible that none
> of these people were
> > > aware of how closely they were related at the
> time when they got married.
> >
> > Bingo, nothing. Extremely subtle inbreeding is
> one thing, and has
> > sustained the species, but the idea that we all
> are of the same gene
> > pool ("related") is either 1) a ridiculously
> myopic hippie ideal 2) a
> > reactionary philosophy against the horrific
> reality of ethnic cleansing
> > 3) illogical creationism that attempts to sustain
> itself by means of its
> > own assumption.
>
> WTF?
>
> > Peter, what precisely are you talking about?
>
> Uh, you've heard of DNA, right? Studies have shown
> that we can all be
> traced back to a single "genetic Adam" some tens of
> thousands of years ago
> and, if I'm not mistaken, to a single "genetic Eve"
> who lived even further
> back (apparently all the Y-chromosomes that existed
> in the interim got
> lost along the way, except for the Y-chromosome
> belonging to this "genetic
> Adam"). FWIW, these same studies have also shown
> that, for example, all
> the tribes and races in the Middle East -- Jews,
> Arabs, whatever --
> descend from a common gene pool about 4,000 years
> ago.
>
> --- Peter T. Chattaway ---------------------------
> peter at chattaway_com ---
> "I detected one misprint, but to torture you I will
> not tell you where."
> Winston Churchill to T.E. Lawrence, re Seven
> Pillars of Wisdom
>
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