tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post4940443334889341097..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: Winston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-62638956671427797392009-05-15T17:31:00.000-04:002009-05-15T17:31:00.000-04:00The implication of lots of biology being done now,...The implication of lots of biology being done now, not just the endosymbiotic hypothesis but everything recombinant, is that there's an awful lot of biochemistry going on that doesn't fit into the traditional species concept. Bacteria exchange genetic material all the time, so for instance antibiotic immunity can leap from species to species. Species expression itself is very plastic, to the lovable liberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616294696912710046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-89138107544134366412009-05-15T13:36:00.000-04:002009-05-15T13:36:00.000-04:00Thanks, DA.
But I remain skeptical...is the idea ...Thanks, DA.<br /><br />But I remain skeptical...is the idea that just because *some* DNA from the endosymbiots transferred into the host (or whatever it's called)...because that sounds like a cheat.<br /><br />I suppose the question goes something like this: Cell C gets another cell, c, lodged inside it. C's offspring, C', ends up with a cell-like thingy, c', inside *it*. How did the trait *Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-6396384446500290482009-05-15T13:30:00.000-04:002009-05-15T13:30:00.000-04:00Yo, Rev...I read the comment before I saw who left...Yo, Rev...I read the comment before I saw who left it, and my heart leapt when I thought I'd encountered an unknown weirdo out there interested in such things...<br /><br />...but it was only you...Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-91430731579003316062009-05-15T13:21:00.000-04:002009-05-15T13:21:00.000-04:00I've been familiar with this concept since it was ...I've been familiar with this concept since it was known as the Margulis hypothesis, and even though the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endosymbiotic_theory" REL="nofollow">Wiki</A> has raised it to the dignity of a theory, using two separate hypothesis for support is a bit weak for a theory as such.<br /><br />So, that's #1, I don't think much of the idea in the first place.<br /><br />#2The Dark Avengerhttps://apah.wikispaces.com/file/view/05-romantic_Goya_Sleep-of-Reason.jpgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-78676940624645991302009-05-15T10:06:00.000-04:002009-05-15T10:06:00.000-04:00I certainly don't know enough to answer your quest...I certainly don't know enough to answer your question, but apparently our reading interests are running along in parallel to some degree. I'm working my way (or perhaps better, stumbling my way) through "The Organic Codes: An Introduction to Semantic Biology," by Marcello Barbieri. If you look at "Life is Semiosis" http://www.cosmosandhistory.org/index.php/journal/article/download/99/197, my Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08021135623181720427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-80982624088557245252009-05-15T09:22:00.000-04:002009-05-15T09:22:00.000-04:00Thanks!Thanks!Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-57838127149387639512009-05-15T08:23:00.000-04:002009-05-15T08:23:00.000-04:00No.No.The Mystichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813641115915460692noreply@blogger.com