> I should dredge up and forward past threads with them. There are some flaws > in their chain of reasoning, so that it won't be all that simple to sort the > few relevant from the many irrelevant mutations. There is both a huge amount > of noise, and irrelevant adaptations to their environment and their > treatment. >
They have evolved many different populations in parallel, using the same fitness criterion. This provides powerful noise filtering > Even when the relevant mutations are eventually identified, it isn't clear > how that will map to usable therapies for the existing population. > yes, that's a complex matter > > Further, most of the things that kill us operate WAY too slowly to affect > fruit flies, though there are some interesting dual-affecting problems. > Fruit flies get all the major ailments that kill people frequently, except cancer. heart disease, neurodegenerative disease, respiratory problems, immune problems, etc. > As I have posted in the past, what we have here in the present human > population is about the equivalent of a fruit fly population that was bred > for the shortest possible lifespan. > Certainly not. We have those fruit fly populations also, and analysis of their genetics refutes your claim ;p ... ben g ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=8660244-6e7fb59c Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
