Comments on: Eight Percent Virus

By: Humans and Sea Sponges Share Genes « The Deeps of Time

Humans and Sea Sponges Share Genes « The Deeps of Time — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 01:47:20 +0000

[...] With the continued emphasis in the headlines of the fact that humans share such-and-such a percentage of their genes with this or that organisms, I bring up my continued reminder that humans share one-hundred percent of their elements with rocks. Yet humans are not the same as rocks, and neither does a large amount of shared genes with sponges, apes, or any other organism mean that humans are merely the same as these organisms. See my article on the genetics of humans and viruses at Catholic Exchange for more. [...]

By: Catholic Exchange: Eight Percent Virus « Michael Baruzzini

Catholic Exchange: Eight Percent Virus « Michael Baruzzini — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:33:38 +0000

[...] Eight Percent Virus Scientists claim you are eight percent virus. How should you respond? Read here, my response from InsideCatholic: The constant reporting of material similarities between the human body and simpler forms of life is [...]

By: Plug! « Lucia Europa

Plug! « Lucia Europa — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:43:40 +0000

[...] Plug! 12. March 2010 by luciaeuropa I have to make a plug for my husband. He runs “The Deeps of Time” and has a new article published today over at Catholic Exchange on recent research saying 8% of the human genome is derived from viral infections. Check it out. [...]

By: PrairieHawk

PrairieHawk — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:01:53 +0000

A philosopher once said, “The man who would destroy something to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.” This article gives a great illumination to that truth. Thank you.

By: lgraas

lgraas — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:14:09 +0000

Great article. I linked back.
http://genuinegopmom.blogspot.com/2010/03/what-makes-us-different-from-animals.html

By: SeanReynoldsNZ

SeanReynoldsNZ — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:32:36 +0000

A computer virus and a highly stable operating system are both made of zeros and ones in binary code. They are quite different in what they do. Likewise, a defective computer program can have exactly the same lines of code as one that works properly, but the one that works properly has the lines of code in a more logical sequence. In another case I had while an engineering student, I spent all day debugging thousands of lines of code because the program was not working correctly, only to find that there was a typo in the code where I needed to replace a minus sign with a plus sign. The defective and proper operating programs were the same except for that one character, and that made all the difference.

Hence, even if a human being had 99.9% of their genes in common with an ape, from a physical perspective, that 0.01% makes all the difference.

By: Eight Percent Virus « The Deeps of Time

Eight Percent Virus « The Deeps of Time — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:22:13 +0000

[...] Eight Percent Virus Researchers have recently announced that they believe that 8% of the human genome is derived from viral infections. I offer commentary on this discovery in my latest article, found here at Catholic Exchange. [...]