Bernhard Kleine wrote
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> Coming back to the Why-one-specifity-question I feel that this type of question implies that the
> evolutionary process aimed at rearranging just single immunoglobulin per cell (teleology). Such a
> thinking is fundamentally wrong IMHO. The only answer to the question is: because it had happened
> that way. Or do you really think that individual mutations, gene duplications, gene conversions etc.
> all happened to achieve finally the goal of a single Ig receptor on a B cell. You would be seing
> GOD's hand pulling away one base and substituting it with a wrongly paired one. Nice cartoon BTW.
>> I think scientifically sound questions should be solved in a scientific way. I am eager to discuss
> this issue further.
HI, I just don't get it. Why does an apple fall to the ground, is
equivalent, IMO, to what caused an apple to fall to the ground. I
realize that one interpretation of why is purpose but the semantics is
killing me. How did life begin, why did life begin?
just kidding!markH
