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DJ FC · 08-27-2011, 04:22 AM

If you guys read the article there are actually cases where Lamarckism does apply. While it seems extremely unlikely that trimming a cat's claws affects it's DNA I find it upsetting that everybody seems to jump on the "that's impossible, you'd have to be an idiot to believe that" bandwagon.

If a genetic scientist told me it was possible I'd be sceptical, but definitely wouldn't rule it out as a possibility.

The world is a lot more complex than people often believe, and to ever say "that's impossible - only an idiot would believe that" about ANYTHING is usually ignorant of mankind's ignorance.

08-27-2011, 04:22 AM	#8 (permalink)
DJ FC MURICAN Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Virginia Posts: 5,136 Internets: 253094	If you guys read the article there are actually cases where Lamarckism does apply. While it seems extremely unlikely that trimming a cat's claws affects it's DNA I find it upsetting that everybody seems to jump on the "that's impossible, you'd have to be an idiot to believe that" bandwagon. If a genetic scientist told me it was possible I'd be sceptical, but definitely wouldn't rule it out as a possibility. The world is a lot more complex than people often believe, and to ever say "that's impossible - only an idiot would believe that" about ANYTHING is usually ignorant of mankind's ignorance.
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