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by David Turell , Sunday, November 16, 2008, 01:43 (5850 days ago) @ George Jelliss

Yes, I found that article fascinating. But it doesn't seem to me to show the DNA/RNA system to be "complex" in the sense of being designed. It shows just how chaotically "undesigned" it is. Engineers would not design a machine in which one component "drags along unnecessary excess baggage" or which gets contaminated by the "rotting carcases" of extraneous interlopers!
 
> Here are some quotes from the article: - George: It is a fascinating ability of yours to quote only those portions of the article that support your position. The article in totality describes an extraordinary overlay of RNA control which makes many segments of DNA able to make over 5 different proteins, thereby changing our paltry number of genes (now 21,000) into an instrument of heredity that is equal to the 100,000 genes originally predicted before DNA was analyzed into gene structure. - Yes, some junk genes are discarded, viral DNA sequestered, etc., but once again you are confusing 'optimal design' with 'perfect design'. After all what we are seeing is an optimal design if we conclude that evolution proceeded from simple to complex and handled the errors and viral invasions as well as it did. Human engineers are not faced with invaders of their machines, but we do have viruses attacking our computers, and lo-to-behold, engineers have found a way to thwart them! So did the DNA/RNA mechanism. I think it is amazingly complex, junk and all.