Junk DNA: goodbye!: ENCODE now hedging on 80% (Introduction)

by dhw, Monday, January 04, 2016, 16:51 (3029 days ago) @ David Turell

David's comment: The resulting function of 'active' areas, being still unknown, it is best not to conclude that non-junk is up to 80%. The percent may be less and needs more research. Honest hindsight.-dhw: And, as always, honest reporting by you. Thank you. Whatever the percentage, I do not think for one moment that theists or atheists will change their opinions, and I do not doubt for one moment that each of them will fit the facts to their theories.-DAVID: The size of DNA is a major issue in the discussion. [...]-Thank you for your interesting thoughts on amoeba and prokaryote DNA “junk” as preparation for later developments. I'm not sure how this would account for the “junk” in those later developments, but at the moment I'm more interested in responses to the news. For argument's sake, if it turns out to be say 70/30 or 50/50, how will you interpret the figures in terms of God's grand design? And how do you think an atheist will interpret them?