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- From: ray@netcom.com (Ray Fischer)
- Subject: Re: What REALLY pisses me off about Fundies
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.212442.3681@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom San Jose
- References: <1d886pINNc1h@horus.ap.mchp.sni.de> <1992Nov4.151725.16410@netcom.com> <1d9951INN20t@horus.ap.mchp.sni.de>
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 21:24:42 GMT
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- frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank O'Dwyer) writes ...
- > bskendig@netcom.com (Brian Kendig) writes:
- >:But both frogs and cancerous growths both have unique DNA. If you
- >:define personhood solely on genetics, how can you exclude either of
- >:these?
- >
- >Are they human? People are human, and have unique DNA.
-
- Two errors.
-
- 1) People do not necessarily have unique DNA (e.g., twins).
- 2) This begs the question: what is human DNA? And don't answer by
- saying that human DNA is found in humans, since that's just a
- circular definition.
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