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[Scelly9]

Ask that person claiming cats are very different in structure about their views on evolution. They might well be a creationist grasping at straws to say "See? They're different! Humans don't even have hair glands!".

If this is the case, a good counter-example is the gene for vitamin-C: cats can make their own vitamin-C but humans need to get it from fruit. The real clincher though is that humans still have the gene for making vitamin-C, but it's degraded to the point of being non-functional, since our evolutionary food source contained plenty of it.

I wonder if there's a way to exercise it? It would be pretty boss if we could make Vitamin C.

I know this guy that does genetic manipulation for a real good price. Forty bucks and a six pack of Natty light. He's in the van behind 7-11 on Thursdays, his name is Carlito.

The scary thing is, that's probably going to be a real thing in 50 years.

[10ebbor10]

Not really, you can't change your genes without changing every single cel*


*Ie, Getting a new body

[Xantalos]

Simultaneous implantation?

Also, who the hell dissects cats for science class?

[10ebbor10]

Simultaneous implantation?

It's rather hard to implant a whole body. I suppose it works for limited organs and such, but then you got rejection and replacement problems.


We had rabbits, a fetal cat* and a porc eye. Oh, and a flower.

*1 cat and only for those interested.

[Oliolli]

The alternate explanation is that god/intelligent designer deliberately designed humans with a non-functional gene that just happens to closely resemble the vitamin-C gene in other mammals. "Just because".

A creationist would probably first go with "The devil put it there to fool us".

[10ebbor10]

The alternate explanation is that god/intelligent designer deliberately designed humans with a non-functional gene that just happens to closely resemble the vitamin-C gene in other mammals. "Just because".

A creationist would probably first go with "The devil put it there to fool us".

Or deny the existence of genes all together. Or at least state that we're not supposed to tamper with them.

[fractalman]

Not really, you can't change your genes without changing every single cel*


*Ie, Getting a new body

Retroviral gene therapy.

[10ebbor10]

Not really, you can't change your genes without changing every single cel*


*Ie, Getting a new body

Retroviral gene therapy.

That only works for limited genes, and a limited amount of cells.

[i2amroy]

Not really, you can't change your genes without changing every single cel*
*Ie, Getting a new body

Retroviral gene therapy.

That only works for limited genes, and a limited amount of cells.

Indeed, though the possibilities are still there for some types of genetic engineering (so we couldn't give you photosynthetic skin but we could give you eyes that could see in the dark).

[Akura]

"EDUCATION IS FOR NERDS!"

- Heard coming from a group of college students playing Magic: The Gathering.

(to be fair, they were joking around)

[javierpwn]

Also, who the hell dissects cats for science class?

You can dissect people in medical school...
Cats were for some dual enrollment classes(College+high school)

Case in point, hair comes from dead cells; not "hair glands"
*Googles hair glands for no reason at all*

[Scelly9]

I got to dissect a person. Homeschooling FTW!

[Xantalos]

I got to dissect a person. Homeschooling FTW!

...
Goddammit public school system, you so inadequate.

[Ameablable]

heres my customer service experience:

lady: i can't access my websites mailbox.

Me: do you have connection to the internet?

lady: i'm not sure

Me: is your router plugged in?

lady: no.

Me: plug that in.

...few minutes after the routers up

lady: oh my goodness thank you!

Me: your welcome

*end of call*

[Reelya]

Simultaneous implantation?

Also, who the hell dissects cats for science class?

Viruses (which are hit-or-miss), or tailor-made coding RNA strands (which target specific gene loci). There are ways to implant a gene in your existing cells, but it's very specific and has to be tailored to the specific person/animal.