On Tuesday, May 27, 2014 2:32:07 AM UTC+1, Brent wrote: > > On 5/26/2014 4:24 PM, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List wrote: > > > > > > *From:* everyth...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> [ > mailto:ever...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>] *On Behalf Of *LizR > *Sent:* Monday, May 26, 2014 4:00 PM > *To:* everyth...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > *Subject:* Re: So, a new kind of non-boolean, non-digital, computer > architecture > > > > > > > > On 27 May 2014 10:53, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List < > everyth...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>> wrote: > > > > > > *From:* everyth...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> [mailto: > everyth...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>] *On Behalf Of *LizR > *Sent:* Monday, May 26, 2014 2:51 PM > *To:* everyth...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > *Subject:* Re: So, a new kind of non-boolean, non-digital, computer > architecture > > > > On 26 May 2014 23:31, Telmo Menezes <te...@telmomenezes.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 1:12 AM, LizR <liz...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > On 25 May 2014 23:32, Telmo Menezes <te...@telmomenezes.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > > > On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 1:15 PM, LizR <liz...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > I guess it would be pedantic to point out the silliness of aliens wanting > to have sex with humans. I mean, we're more closely related to grass, > jellyfish and slugs than we are to aliens... > > > > Unless, of course life had already spread throughout our galaxy billions > of years before our star was born and we are just the local Sol branch off > the same galactic (or who knows perhaps even larger scale) tree of life. > > > > Which would put us on a par with, say, slime mould as far as our ability > to reproduce with aliens went. That is, we might have the same genetic > code, as I think everything on Earth does - but everything on Earth can't > interbreed. > > > > Unless, sexual reproduction is also widespread throughout the galaxy… and > that species after species on planet after planet reproduce with sperm and > eggs. Now that does not mean viable offspring – but the sexual act and the > sex drive may be quite common and function in essentially the same way. > Pure conjecture on my part of course J > > Naturally in order for a viable offspring to be produced the species must > share most of their DNA, with even relatively closely related species, > mostly being unable to reproduce with each other (or producing infertile > hybrids) > > Life on earth has long been exchanging DNA with other life on earth > through other means besides sexual reproduction, virus vectors for example. > I would argue that life on Earth has exchanged a lot of DNA over the eons > and that our own species has probably long ago picked up DNA from very > different species by these means and that this DNA becomes incorporated > into our hereditary lineage. > > I suspect that life is not nearly as isolated each within its own silo as > we tend to assume; rather it is more like a sponge soaking in the soup of > our dynamic living environment… cohabitating and sharing (even our own > internal spaces) with a host of other organisms. > > > Yeah, I already have some genes shared with a sponge. That doesn't mean I > can mate with one. In fact I can't even mate with Cameron Diaz. > > the sponge point seems fair, but hybridization is misconstrued in popular knowledge. In scientific terms the best theory of human origins by a mile, is a hyrbidization event involving apes and pigs. The only reason it's ignored is because a lot of people have spent a long time barking up another tree that has never even explained how humans stood by gradual evoluation. We still looking at the same daft illustration of a sequence, where the intermediate stage has the fella sort of hunched over with knuckles not touching the ground any more. That's not a viable posture...it wouldn't happen
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