On 03/19/2013 02:41 PM, Jacob Keller wrote:
I don't understand this argument, as it would apply equally to all features of the theoretical LUCANo it won't. Different features would have different tolerance levels to modifications.
Philosophically, one is wrong to expect that living organisms will evolve in a fashion that we find optimal. Whenever I feel that a protein behaves in a way I find stupid, I simply say "giraffe laryngeal nerve" and all comes back to normal.
