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Yes. I am talking about the DNA coding. As far as I have understood it up until now, you could substitute the coding that causes mental retardation with the coding that causes brown hair or green eyes. This is not because I am too immersed into Dutch culture.:) This misunderstanding was because...

Okay. Oops. What I meant was FMR1(count it off to bad concentration, sorry). It is described on the following 2 wiki pages. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragile_X_syndrome and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FMR1 I would not know how to compare the differences between this type of gene and a gene...

I have come back here again to mention that I am not sure whether or not intelligence is marked in dna or not. I hope now that this thread will stop re-running in my mind.:)

The things mentioned above result in more offspring which is a proven benefit to the propagation of the species, right? :) As far as I understand everything here except beauty ideals can not be written on DNA, so that makes sense. But I am guessing you could replace the group I am talking...

The quoting worked. Thanks.:)

Only because of decisions made by the greater majority. It is made more difficult for people with disabilities to pro-create. The majority is deciding for the entire species what is "beneficial", the species in its entirety is no longer letting nature take its course. With the specific...

Oh, okay, never mind the confused face, because I now think I get what you are saying. Can one mutation variation can have both negative and positive outcomes for fitness?

Wait. All genes except somatic and induced(?) are inherited... I am confused. And can anyone tell me how to quote part of the text rather than all of it in one bulk?

Thank you. :) The page was helpful. I have to read things like that one hundred times over before I get a proper grasp on what is being explained, so now I am slightly further in my understanding, but will not be completely comfortable with what for a couple of months at least. It is still a bit...

Adaptation occurs by way of mutation, though. My question is what scale is being used to assess whether a mutation is harmful or beneficial. An increase of diagnosis does not equate an increase in occurrence, you are right, but the percentile of labeled "disabled" people, wherein the...

The fact that I used the word "orthopedics" rather than "orthopedagogy" is effecting my concentration for the link posted, but according to spell-check the latter is not even an English word. Oh well. That thought is no longer plaguing me. I will continue reading now. And, yes, your responses...

And is there a separate standard when observing the human species? The reason I ask this is because there has been said to be an increase in children with various "disabilities" that can be attributed to chromosomal mutations. I am wondering whether or not these chromosomal changes also...

I can see where you might feel mind-numbed. You might actually help someone though. It helps me to read these types of conversations in any case. They equip me better for the strange statements thrown at me when I am just trying to go about my business. And it really is funny. :)

It depends on what you would deem to be important. If there are countless alternate dimensions, for example, I personally would like to know when/if science finds a way to cross over. Life would certainly become more interesting and exciting on an individual basis. And there is something to be...

I would have been happy to have seen one person at least mention that time does not exist outside of time, as well as the opposite. It could have actually turned into a science thread. Both in this thread and the thread where his question here started wherein he grasps at an eternal spanking we...

Hahahaha! Thanks for the warning! :)

As a matter of fact, the longer term salvation army living houses charge about the same amount of rent you might pay for a studio appartment at the edge of the city. Except you will be in a four by four room without a bathroom or shower(share those with forty some odd people). And the big boss...

Thanks. I am interested in most everything and kind of go through phases. At the top of my list of interests right now would be neuroscience and quantum physics, but don't expect me to be a scholar in any field that I take interest in. I try to absorb as much as I possibly can by associating...

Thanks!

I find introductions awkward. I was raised in christian environment but began questioning things at a relatively young age. I consider the person I was as a young teen to have been able to more eloquently and effectively express her atheism better than the person I am today. As a response to the...