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Can We Really Reverse-Engineer a Dinosaur?
ICR ^ | May 19, 2009 | Jeffrey Tomkins, Ph.D., and Brian Thomas, M.S.

Posted on 05/21/2009 11:53:55 AM PDT by GodGunsGuts

Can We Really Reverse-Engineer a Dinosaur?

by Jeffrey Tomkins, Ph.D., and Brian Thomas, M.S.*

A recent TV show has proposed the possibility that dinosaurs may walk the earth again someday as a result of man’s ingenuity.

Dinosaurs: Return to Life, which aired on the Discovery Channel,[1] included commentary from renowned dinosaur paleontologist Jack Horner and an assortment of molecular biologists who are studying bird development. Combined with the recent release of Horner’s book How to Build a Dinosaur, an interest has been sparked in the possible development of some type of “Jurassic Park” scenario in which a dinosaur-like creature could be developed using the genome of a...

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: creation; dinosaur; dinosaurs; evolution; intelligentdesign; jurassicpark; nonscience; science; thisisareligiontopic
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1 posted on 05/21/2009 11:53:56 AM PDT by GodGunsGuts
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To: GodGunsGuts

Don’t see why not. They did it in Jurassic Park.


2 posted on 05/21/2009 11:55:39 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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Ping!
3 posted on 05/21/2009 11:56:38 AM PDT by GodGunsGuts
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To: GodGunsGuts
Can We Really Reverse-Engineer a Dinosaur

NO 

4 posted on 05/21/2009 11:56:44 AM PDT by valkyry1
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To: GodGunsGuts

It seems like it wasn’t that long ago people were saying we could never, ever in a million years successfully clone an animal, either.


5 posted on 05/21/2009 11:59:30 AM PDT by gdani (I've got a new road under my wheels)
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To: GodGunsGuts
I believe the question is stated incorrectly.

Should we re-engineer a dinosaur?

Given our technological capabilities at present, we could probably make some good progress to doing this, and we would likely learn quite a bit about the process. But this does lead us to some very unstable moral and ethical ground.

When in doubt, just feed the T-Rex a lawyer.

6 posted on 05/21/2009 11:59:34 AM PDT by Hodar (Who needs laws .... when this "feels" so right?)
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To: GodGunsGuts

Can We? Maybe someday

Should We? How does Dino Meat taste?


7 posted on 05/21/2009 11:59:39 AM PDT by NavyCanDo
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To: GodGunsGuts

Cool.


8 posted on 05/21/2009 12:00:48 PM PDT by Glenn (Free Venezuela!)
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To: GodGunsGuts

A pile of crap was reversed engineered and we got Zero.


9 posted on 05/21/2009 12:01:58 PM PDT by verity ("Lord, what fools we mortals be!")
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To: NavyCanDo
How does Dino Meat taste?

Judging by what their descendants taste like, I would guess some of them tasted like chicken.
10 posted on 05/21/2009 12:02:31 PM PDT by mysterio
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To: NavyCanDo
"How does Dino Meat taste? "

It tastes just like prehistoric chicken.

11 posted on 05/21/2009 12:03:03 PM PDT by spunkets
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To: NavyCanDo

Like chicken.....


12 posted on 05/21/2009 12:06:21 PM PDT by nuke rocketeer (File CONGRESS.SYS corrupted: Re-boot Washington D.C (Y/N)?)
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To: GodGunsGuts

Lets do it, what could possibly go wrong?


13 posted on 05/21/2009 12:06:27 PM PDT by HerrBlucher
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To: GodGunsGuts

14 posted on 05/21/2009 12:07:41 PM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 122 of our national holiday from reality.)
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To: HerrBlucher

"Life finds a way."

15 posted on 05/21/2009 12:08:36 PM PDT by dfwgator (1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
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To: NavyCanDo
Should We? How does Dino Meat taste?

Just like chicken. Duh!

16 posted on 05/21/2009 12:09:26 PM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 122 of our national holiday from reality.)
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To: GodGunsGuts

Your so-called creation ‘scientists’ conveniently ignored the fact that birds are descended from dinosaurs and that most of the dinos were in fact warm blooded themselves.


17 posted on 05/21/2009 12:09:52 PM PDT by nuke rocketeer (File CONGRESS.SYS corrupted: Re-boot Washington D.C (Y/N)?)
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To: GodGunsGuts

“Can We Really Reverse-Engineer a Dinosaur?”

Oh, you mean like make the New York Times a BALANCED media outlet? >;-)


18 posted on 05/21/2009 12:14:13 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Impeach President Soros!!!)
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To: GodGunsGuts

But, but dinosaurs pooped a lot, didn’t they? What about their carbon footprint?


19 posted on 05/21/2009 12:15:31 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Impeach President Soros!!!)
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To: tet68

First, you have to believe in engineering.


20 posted on 05/21/2009 12:15:40 PM PDT by Darwins Revenge
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