Re: Shocker in the latest Rasmussen poll

On Jun 22, 5:31 pm, "Peter Principle" <petesfe...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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brightwinger wrote:
On Jun 21, 3:33 pm, "Peter Principle" <petesfe...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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brightwinger wrote:
On Jun 20, 2:04 pm, "Peter Principle" <petesfe...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Patriot Games wrote:
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What I said was that homosexuals don't reproduce when they
live openly homosexual lives therefore their genetic mutation
won't be passed on therefore there will eventually be fewer
of them.
Yeah! After all, look how well that's worked over the last
million years or so.
We have zero scientific evidence for homosexuality in humans for
more than a couple thousand years.
Yo, idiot, ever here of GENETICS? The GENETIC traces of
homosexuality can, indeed, moron, be traced back to the beginning
of the human race through mitochondrial DNA...

Cite?

<yawn>

http://www.skeptictank.org/gaygene.htmhttp://www.newscientist.com/art....

And on and on and on...

Your Boogle groken, is it, luser, or are the arcane mysteries of
the search engine a tad beyond the reach of your laughably limited
cognitive skill set?

I clicked on the first five of your so-called sources. #1 was about
fruit flies.

Genes are genes, foam duck. DNA is DNA, foam duck. Why, did your
stupid ass think different critters have different DNA? Um, no...

Divergence from a genome, any genome, can, indeed, be traced back,
primarily through the use of mitochondrial DNA, all the way to the
beginning of said genome.

Apparently one of the fruit flies flew into your agape mouth and laid
eggs in your 'brain.' DNA and RNA EXPRESSION is CONTROLLED by methyl
and ethyl groups. It's called epigenetics. In other words genes don't
control your destiny, rather they are contolled by things that are
hierarchic to them.

Yes, genes, the small sections of DNA associated with specific genetic
characteristics, can be expressed or not. IOW, while the gene associated
with homosexuality may be present, it is only expressed in a minority of the
human population. Point? It's not like one can do anything after the fact to
turn a gene off. Not yet, anyway. Probably not ever.

So while homosexuality might be biological, it's not the genes that
control its expression. It may even be a metabolic imbalance, in which
case has the potential of being reversible. There are diet programs
that claim to be able to fix the sexual desires of homosexuals so that
they become heterosexual.

Actually, yes, it is the genes that control the expression. That's precisely
what a gene does.

We'll just have to agree to disagree. Certialy genes have an important
role in our expression, but they aren't necessarily the king. Genes
are one of the low men on the totem pole when it comes to controlling
exression. You were probably taught otherwise, so it's not your fault.

BTW, you should go visit http://www.grayfieldoptical.com/online_videos.html

Then scroll down the page to the video entitled "Cancer: Parasitism or
Symbiosis"

The website features microscopes that can observe LIVING viruses. (Now
that's something you've never seen before!) Watch to see what the
virus does...it will blow your mind. It ain't nothing like they taught
you in school.

DNA of the individual does not control the factors - which
may be external in many cases - that may activate a particular gene, which
may be what you were trying to say, but once a gene is activated, it does,
indeed, control how the characteristic(s) associated with the activated gene
are expressed.

As to diets, like d00d, there are diets that claim to stop aging, too.

That depends on what we mean by aging. If it's defined as what the
average person's health markers are at given ages, such as the
diameter of artieries, the size of their heart, etc, then yes diets
can alter aging. That's why there is so much "adult onset" diabetes
among teens today...their daily Big Gulp diets affect their biological
age, so they are developing diseases once reserved for the elderly.

Doesn't mean it's true, though there is at least one diet that apparently
can slow aging. Near starvation.

The bottom line is we have excellent scientific evidence that there is a
genetic basis for homosexuality. It is also a fact that deviations in the
genome of any species can be tracked back quite a long way back in time
through mitochondrial DNA. Therefore, logic tells us that the genetic
factors of homosexuality can be traced in the genome back through time.

You've taken 100 level biology. Good for you. That puts you WELL above he
average rightard in scientific comprehension. Above the overall average,
actually. Now, had you only gotten to the 400 level or above...

There are few things more amusing than a person who 'thinks' they know
it all...go watch the video...then you'll discover just how mislead
you've been. It's my pleasure as a brightwinger to properly educate
you. I only hope you can educate yourself in being more humble,
because your false know-it-all stance isn't serving you.


--
Welcome to reality. Enjoy your visit. Slow thinkers keep right.
------
Why are so many not smart enough to know they're not smart enough?

http://www.apa.org/journals/features/psp7761121.pdf
© 1999 by the American Psychological Association
December 1999 Vol. 77, No. 6, 1121-1134

Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own
Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments

Justin Kruger and David Dunning
Department of Psychology
Cornell University

ABSTRACT:
...the authors found that participants scoring in the bottom quartile
on tests of humor, grammar, and logic grossly overestimated their test
performance and ability. Although their test scores put them in the
12th percentile, they estimated themselves to be in the 62nd.


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